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Freedom, Education, and the Fund: Essays and Addresses, 1946-1956, by Robert M. Hutchins. 241 pp. New York: Meridian Books. $1.25

Robert Maynard Hutchins has a peculiar ability to begin consideration of a question with a proposition that seems to be based upon reason and tradition, one that sounds refreshingly different from the accepted clichés of the day, and to come by a process of jugglery to conclusions entirely acceptable to the positive temper of the times. This book is typical. Starting from unexceptionable premises, critical of the trend of modern education, he moves unerringly to the extreme Liberal position. It is not that Mr. Hutchins’ mind is weak nor that he lacks experience, imagination and good will; it is merely that he seems to have been created completely lacking both in common sense and in the prudential faculty.

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Frank S. Meyer

Frank S. Meyer was a senior editor of National Review.

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Freedom, Education, and the Fund: Essays and Addresses, 1946-1956, by Robert M. Hutchins. 241 pp. New York: Meridian Books. $1.25

Robert Maynard Hutchins has a peculiar ability to begin consideration of a question with a proposition that seems to be based upon reason and tradition, one that sounds refreshingly different from the accepted clichés of the day, and to come by a process of jugglery to conclusions entirely acceptable to the positive temper of the times. This book is typical. Starting from unexceptionable premises, critical of the trend of modern education, he moves unerringly to the extreme Liberal position. It is not that Mr. Hutchins’ mind is weak nor that he lacks experience, imagination and good will; it is merely that he seems to have been created completely lacking both in common sense and in the prudential faculty.