In memory of Marian Cannon Schlesinger,
who reportedly died on Saturday, October 14, 2017
University Diaries on December 25, 2016 —
"You could say UD currently sits (she’s in the library
at five AM) at the pinnacle of elitism; you could say
she ain’t climbing any higher than atop this soft
leather chair resting on one of the gargantuan rugs
Galbraith or Galbraith junior brought back from India
or Afghanistan. But it’s only the trappings. What’s
been able to be held in amber. This place is the
genuine Henry James (Harvard Law, 1872):
The affluent society, expansive, sedate; and
the cry of pain almost out of earshot."
Presumably UD means the noted author Henry James.
A fact check does not bear out her "Harvard Law, 1872" remark.
For this Halloween season, a creepy passage from James —
