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A Worthy Tradition: Editor's Afterword

Friday, July 21st 2006; 5:26pm
Tags: A Worthy Tradition, First Amendment, Harry Kalven
It is not upon you to finish the work; neither are you free to desist from it. —TALMUD My father’s study was at the top of the stairs. It was an unusual study. A large room with French doors and many windows, it had been used by earlier...

A Worthy Tradition: Editor's Introduction

Friday, July 21st 2006; 1:26am
Tags: A Worthy Tradition
“Whatever else it may or may not be, it is turning out to be the book I always wanted to write.” I find these words in a letter from my father dated September 1, 1973. Mailed from a vacation cottage on Martha’s Vineyard, the letter crackles with...