Men are like plants
Michel-Guillaume Jean Cahioharra James Hector St John de Crèvecoer, Letters from An American Farmer (1782)
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I have just left a day-long faculty meeting at a retreat for American studies in Middelburg at the Roosevelt Institute. Enrollments are down. One question on the table: What is it that students are looking for when they declare a major in American studies? What was I looking for, all those years ago when I signed up …
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