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Robert Grudin
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Professor of English, University of Oregon, Eugene. Author of The Grace of Great Things and others.

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Marble bust of Marcus Tullius Cicero, shown with short hair and draped clothing, displayed against a black background.
Humanism, system of education and mode of inquiry that originated in northern Italy during the 13th and 14th centuries and later spread through continental Europe and England. The term is alternatively applied to a variety of Western beliefs, methods, and philosophies that place central emphasis on…
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