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The most striking feature of contemporary culture is the unslaked craving for transcendence.

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So we might say that the most important thing one can acquire in college is a well-functioning bullshit meter.

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My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.
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Andrew Delbanco

Andrew Delbanco

Born: February 20, 1952 (age 73)
Bio: Andrew H. Delbanco is Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University. He is the author of several books, including College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be, which has been translated into Chinese, Korean, Turkish, Russian, and Hebrew.
Known for:
  1. The Death of Satan (1995)
  2. Melville: His World and Work (2005)
  3. The Real American Dream (1999)
  4. The Puritan ordeal (1989)

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