The Cultivationof Idiosyncrasy - The Inglis Lecture 1949

Benjamin, Harold

Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966

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37 Pages. Copyright 1949 by Harvard this is the 1966 Seventh Printing. Previous owner's last name on the half-title page. No other defects noted. There is a complete list of The Inglis and Burton Lectures that ran from 1937 thru 1965. The Cultivation of Idiosyncrasy was presented by Harold Benjamin in 1949 and was the eighth of Inglis Lectures. Benjamin begins his lecture with a tale about the wild creatures that once had a school in the woods. All the animals had to take all the subjects. Swimming, running, jumping, climbing, and flying made up the required curriculum. This was a school of no nonsense. It was a good, liberal educational institution. It gave broad general training - and instruction - and education too. Some animals, of course, were better students than others. The squirrel, for example, got straight A's from the first in running, jumping, and climbing. He got a good passing grade, more- over, in swimming. It looked as though he would make Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year, but he had trouble with flying. Not that he was unable to fly. He could fly. He climbed to the top of tree after tree and sailed through the air to trees with ease. As he modestly observed, he was a flying squirrel by race. The teacher of flying pointed out, however, that the squirrel was always losing altitude. And the lecture continues. The Benjamin Building at the University of Maryland was constructed in 1966 and named for Harold Benjamin, dean of the College from 1939-1943 and 1947-1951. Seller Inventory # 19891

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Title: The Cultivationof Idiosyncrasy - The Inglis ...

Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Publication Date: 1966

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Edition: Seventh Printing