The Jacques Barzun Centennial
This year marks the centennial of one of my favorite literary minds, Dr. Jacques Barzun. I first became acquainted with this polymath when I read his book "From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life". His mind is expansive, fast and his book was the perfect book for fin de siecle America. He is, in every way, a scholar and an intellectual role-model of mine.
Meme (n): an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, esp. imitation.
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