Friendships Across Ages: Johnson and Boswell : Holmes and LaskiFriendships Across Ages is about how two friendships, one and a half centuries apart, between aged men of great distinction, Samuel Johnson and Oliver Wendell Holmes, and much younger, gifted, though flawed, men, James Boswell and Harold Laski respectively, resulted in writings of lasting importance. |
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The Friends and Their Friendship | 1 |
From Doctor Johnson to Justice Holmes to Professor Laski | 9 |
Johnson | 27 |
Copyright | |
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American appearance attitude authority BATE became believe biography Boswell Boswell's British called Chambers chapter Civil commented common CORRESPONDENCE course Court critics death described earlier early economic England English especially ESSENTIAL example father feel four friends friendships hand Harold Laski Harvard HOLMES-LASKI LETTERS Holmes's human important intellectual interest James John Johnson journal judge Justice kind KRAMNICK Laski later learned lectures Letter from Holmes literary lived London Mark MARTIN Marxism matters means mind never O'Connell OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES once Oxford perhaps person play political quoting reason referred relationship religion remarkable respect reviewing SAMUEL JOHNSON School seemed SHEERMAN social speech style supra note talk tells things thought turn WAIN wanted White wife Wilson writing written wrote young