The Proper Study of Mankind

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  • JGJoseph Garland
    Joseph Garland
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Abstract
NEARLY four years ago one of the Journal's editorial writers selected "The Proper Study of Mankind," from Alexander Pope's "Essay on Man," as the title of an editorial, and it suggests to me a meaning or meanings of continuing import. It may also have some special significance for the present occasion, which marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the inauguration of the Shattuck Lectureship and the delivery of the seventy-fourth lecture. In 1945, as many may remember, restrictions on travel precluded the possibility of an annual meeting of the Society, and a sabbatical year resulted.At decent intervals, during the long . . .

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