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A Happy Scholar

Pruette, Lorine | February 5, 1930 issue

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In this article, the author focuses on the book "Memories of My Life," by Edward Westermarck. Few autobiographies are introduced more mildly than these recollections of the famous anthropologist, who while suggesting that it may seem presumptuous to offer to the public such memories, takes comfort in the thought that he himself has always had a predilection for autobiographical sketches, even when of only slight significance in themselves. The quiet note of happiness struck in his autobiography makes a heartening sound in the midst of contemporary turbulence.

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MEMORIES of My Life (Book); WESTERMARCK, Edward; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOLOGISTS; SOCIAL scientists; EMOTIONS; HAPPINESS
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