Letters, Apr. 23, 1973

Second Thoughts About Man

Sir / The "Rediscovery of Human Nature" [April 2] is without doubt one of your best post-Luce efforts. A better treatment of a conservative philosophy of human nature will be hard to find. Congratulations!

DWAYNE S. ROGERS Buenos Aires

Sir / Camelot is now replaced by a wintry landscape where man's social ills are resolved by the simple application of euphemisms (e.g., "benign neglect"). Could it then be that the political climate not only reflects but also generates the aspirations of a given era?

At least the best and the brightest gave rise to optimism!

DANIEL J. WELTE Esopus, N.Y.

Sir / Nowhere...

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