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Fettered Saints

THE decades after 1660 were Puritanism's testing time in England. During the civil war Puritans had fought what they believed to be God's battles; and God by blessing their......

N'espoir Ne Peur

MONTHERLANT'S work has never failed to pro- voke bitter and violent controversy. By badk- ground and inclination a conformist, a believer in traditional virtues, he has, in a......

Mum And Her Satellites

IF the authors of this fascinating work are fair samples of our younger sociologists, then some of the contemporary cracks about that profession are going to look pretty silly......