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...Lest We Remember
...English Bernard Berenson, as it were−the late art historian Basil Taylor. Taylor, a great scholar of English art, possessed a sense of ethical delicacy almost inconceivable in the art world today (and certainly never shared by Berenson): he advised Mellon unofficially, for free, accepting only his expenses, lest any other arrangement "cast a shadow on my judgment about things." The combination of the two men was formidable, and it brought many masterpieces of English art into Mellon's collection...
WESTERN CIVILIZATION is burning, and its artists are fiddling away. They must put down their bows and start fighting anew the good fight, for morality, and for truth, lest darkness engulf mankind...
...raised in hill country frequently take mountains for granted, as the Swiss did until they realized that other Europeans would pay to climb and ski (and occasionally fall off) their peaks. Others may be terrified of heights, like the 14th century travelers who went through the Alps blindfolded, lest the horrors of the tortuous scenery drive them...
...heavily pro-Core Faculty Council. In a recent Crimson poll, about half of the professors questioned said they would not vote for the Core Curriculum in its present form. Students have organized two groups--one objecting to the idea of a core, the other seeking to delay the vote lest the Faculty make a hasty, dangerous decision. Contrary to the impression left by Schiefelbein, unanimity does not reign at Harvard...