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Soundings, 1953 (Classic Reprint)

Rice University

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In 1931 the students of the Rice Institute published a book of their poems. Right after that, the twilight of a major economic depression, and then the darkness of a world war, settled over the Rice campus. For fifteen years the creative spirit among student writers, though it never died, languished in the universal gloom. In the last few years, however, that spirit has revived and burst forth in a new growth of extraordinary vigor.

One of the astonishing things about this growth is that it has occurred in the midst of an equally vigorous growth of the scientific spirit on the campus. Perhaps it is not astonishing, either, if we think about it for a moment; perhaps this simultaneous growth in the sciences and in the humanities is just what we should expect-young minds given a favorable climate in which to grow, will grow in every direction, and will produce ﬂower and fruit for every need.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Pages: 178

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Release: December 10, 2018

ISBN: 0243216645

ISBN 13: 9780243216642

Soundings, 1953 (Classic Reprint)

Rice University

0/5 ( ratings)

Excerpt from Soundings, 1953

In 1931 the students of the Rice Institute published a book of their poems. Right after that, the twilight of a major economic depression, and then the darkness of a world war, settled over the Rice campus. For fifteen years the creative spirit among student writers, though it never died, languished in the universal gloom. In the last few years, however, that spirit has revived and burst forth in a new growth of extraordinary vigor.

One of the astonishing things about this growth is that it has occurred in the midst of an equally vigorous growth of the scientific spirit on the campus. Perhaps it is not astonishing, either, if we think about it for a moment; perhaps this simultaneous growth in the sciences and in the humanities is just what we should expect-young minds given a favorable climate in which to grow, will grow in every direction, and will produce ﬂower and fruit for every need.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Pages: 178

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Release: December 10, 2018

ISBN: 0243216645

ISBN 13: 9780243216642

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