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...more unfortunate that a composer of Handel's immense stature should be the author of only one work which has "lived." His prolific and unfailing genius produced, in a lifespan of 74 years, an amazing amount of organ and harpsichord music, 46 operas, and such oratorios as "Israel in Egypt," "Semele," and "Judas Maccabaeus," all of which have been almost completely neglected. Perhaps even "The Messiah" would have disappeared had it not become an accustomed ritual of Christmas...
...comprehensive series of tests, reported on his experiment to the Mid-Western Psychological Association at its meeting in Bloomington, Ind. The tests tended to show that most of the behavior of both human and simian infants is not natural but acquired through teaching. The chimpanzee, having a shorter lifespan, develops more rapidly than a human being...