bus 4500-105 Ethics and sustainability

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A native of Ohio and a graduate of Ohio State, ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER was appointed to his professorship at Harvard in 1924. As a teacher and author he is internationally respected for his knowledge of American history, and in the paper that follows he reminds us that over the years this nation has made its weight felt more by ideas than by wealth.

ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER, SR. | MARCH 1959 ISSUE | U.S.

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