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Literature and the American college ; essays in defense of the humanities /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Babbitt, Irving, 1865-1933
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, New York : Houghton, Mifflin, 1908.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > United States.
Literature > Study and teaching.
Table of Contents:
  • What is humanism?--Two types of humanitarians: Bacon and Rousseau
  • The college and the democratic spirit
  • Literature and the college
  • Literature and the doctor's degree
  • The rational study of the classics
  • Ancients and moderns
  • On being original
  • Academic leisure.