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Prophets of Today
Snider, Charles Lee | February 13, 1929 issue

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This article literally appraises the books "Living in the Twentieth Century," by Harry Elmer Barnes and "The Twilight of the American Mind," by Walter B. Pitkin. In manner, "Living in the Twentieth Century" represents a synthesis of all these qualifies. In content, too, the book achieves a synthesis, being a comprehensive and integrated account of the social forces which have transformed civilization during the last hundred years. Dr. Pitkin discusses the nature of intelligence, defining his term Best Minds as that class of adults who surpass ninety-nine out of every hundred in mental ability of the sort which our schools and colleges favor and foster.

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LIVING in the Twentieth Century (Book); TWILIGHT of the American Mind, The (Book); BARNES, Harry Elmer, 1889-1968; PITKIN, Walter B.; CIVILIZATION; BOOKS & reading
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