Education: Russell Tussle

Bertrand Russell last week found himself in a clamorous scrap for the second time in less than three years. In 1940 the philosopher's appointment to the College of the City of New York was revoked after outraged parents called attention to such old Russell saws as, "I am sure that university life would be better, both intellectually and morally, if most university students had temporary childless marriages." Russell's more recent boot was delivered by Philadelphia's Dr. Albert C. Barnes, whose foul temper is as famed as his gallery of Cézannes, Matisses, Renoirs and...

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