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We have come a long way from the philosophy of the Enlightenment...a shift that represents a retreat rather than an advance, argues the noted historian.

AMERICAN DESIGN II THEY COMBINED BEAUTY AND UTILITY IN ORDINARY OBJECTS

On a new bridge that arched the flood Their toes by April freezes curled, There the embattled committee stood, Beset, it seemed, by half the world.

CUMBERLAND ISLAND AND HOW MODERN TIMES AT LAST HAVE REACHED IT

SECOND OF FOUR INSTALLMENTS

A FAMOUS HISTORIAN RECALLS THE COUNTRY WHERE HE GREW UP

Its venerable Museum of Fine Arts revives an era of forgotten beauty in a very proper Bohemia

The black laborers on John Williams’ plantation never seemed to leave or complain. It took some digging to find out why