{"id":189,"date":"2012-09-20T10:49:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T14:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/miller\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2012-10-01T09:17:17","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T13:17:17","slug":"philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/miller\/writings-and-publications\/sources\/philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Philosophy of History<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Publication information: The Philosophy of History <\/em> (New York: W. W. Norton, 1981). The \u2018dead matter’ for the book is found in Box 41 of the Miller Papers. All titles are editorial additions unless otherwise specified.<\/p>\n

Below are the contents of the book. To go directly to a chapter, click on the numbered link.<\/p>\n

Return to main page of Sources<\/a>
\nAppendix on editorial marks<\/a><\/p>\n

Preface <\/a><\/h2>\n

Chapter 1<\/a> 2<\/a> 3<\/a> 4<\/a> 5<\/a> 6<\/a> 7<\/a> 8<\/a> 9<\/a> 10<\/a> 11<\/a> 12<\/a>
\nChapter 13<\/a> 14<\/a> 15<\/a> 16<\/a> 17<\/a> 18<\/a> 19<\/a> 20<\/a> 21<\/a> 22<\/a> 23<\/a> 24<\/a>
\nChapter 25<\/a> 26<\/a> 27<\/a> 28<\/a> 29<\/a> 30<\/a> 31<\/a> 32<\/a> 33<\/a> 34<\/a> 35<\/a><\/h2>\n

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<\/a>Preface.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1950s d (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 9(\u00b61-3).
\nDate: 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 4:7.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: To GPB 12\/6\/59.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 10(\u00b61)-(amidst \u00b62 \u201c. . . only show something.\u201d).
\nDate: 6 December 1959.
\nBox & Folder: MP 30:3.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: To GPB 4\/2\/59.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 10(remainder of \u00b62).
\nDate: 21 April 1959.
\nBox & Folder: MP 30:3.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 1.\u00a0 The Utility of Historical Study.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1\/15\/49 a (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 13-15(\u00b62).
\nDate: 15 January 1949.
\nBox & Folder: MP 3:16.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: F. 1958 (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 15(\u00b63)-17.
\nDate: 1958.
\nBox & Folder: MP 4:2.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 2.\u00a0 Motives.
\nEditorial Mark: To EAH 2\/21\/49.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
\nPages: 18-22.
\nDate: 21 February 1949.
\nBox & Folder: MP 13:11 and EAH 1.
\nRemarks:\u00a0 Editorial mark on folder is F. 3\/1\/49 a (3).<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 3.\u00a0 Explanation.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1944 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 23-24(\u00b62).
\nDate: 1944.
\nBox & Folder: MP 12:10.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: F. 6\/-\/52 (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 24(\u00b63)-26.
\nDate: June 1952.
\nBox & Folder: MP 14:23.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 4.\u00a0 Cause.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 3\/1\/49 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt, and other notes.
\nPages: 27-31.
\nDate: 1 March 1949.
\nBox & Folder: MP 13:11.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 5.\u00a0 Purpose.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1950s b (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 32-36.
\nDate: 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 4:5 and EAH 4:1.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 6.\u00a0 Psychology.
\nEditorial Mark: EAH 2\/24\/49.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
\nPages: 37-39.
\nDate: 24 February 1949.
\nBox & Folder: MP 20:1 and EAH 1.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 7.\u00a0 Accidents.
\nEditorial Mark: None.
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 40-43.
\nDate: 23 June 1948.
\nBox & Folder: EAH 4:1.
\nRemarks: Miller’s elaboration on a discussion on \u201cThe Accidental in History\u201d that occurred between himself, former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt, and Miller’s son Mr. Eugene R. Miller.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 8.\u00a0 The Static Ideal.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1\/15\/49 a (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 44-50.
\nDate: 15 January 1949.
\nBox & Folder: MP 3:16.
\nRemarks: Miller’s original title.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 9.\u00a0 Mistrust of Time.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 11\/17\/67 a (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 51-58(\u00b62).
\nDate: 17 November 1967.
\nBox & Folder: MP 5:6.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: F. ap (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 58(\u00b63)-60.
\nDate: Before 1970.
\nBox & Folder: MP 8:3.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 10.\u00a0 Alliance with Time.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1960 (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 61-65.
\nDate: 1960.
\nBox & Folder: MP 4:25.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 11.\u00a0 A Victory is in Time.
\nEditorial Mark: F. x (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 66-69.
\nDate: 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 7:7.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 12.\u00a0 The Sense of Time.
\nEditorial Mark: F. ao (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 70-73.
\nDate: Before 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 8:2.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 13.\u00a0 Time and Immediacy.
\nEditorial Mark: F. ao (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 74-79.
\nDate: 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 8:2.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 14.\u00a0 The Sense of History.
\nEditorial Mark: F. ao (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 80-86.
\nDate: Before 1970.
\nBox & Folder: MP 26:25.
\nRemarks:\u00a0 The editorial mark is actually F. ao (3).<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 15.\u00a0 The Simultaneous and the Successive.
\nEditorial Mark: F. ao (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 87-90.
\nDate: 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 8:2.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 16.\u00a0 Memory and Morals.
\nEditorial Mark: None.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
\nPages: 91-94.
\nDate: 9 September 1948.
\nBox & Folder: EAH 1.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 17.\u00a0 Memory and the Humanities.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1940s? a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 95-97.
\nDate: 1940s?.
\nBox & Folder: MP 13:16.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 18.\u00a0 The Past as an Influence.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1950s c (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 98-99.
\nDate: 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 17:13.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 19.\u00a0 Memory as Control.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1950s c (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 100-01.
\nDate: 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 17:13.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 20.\u00a0 Prediction.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1960 (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 102-03(amidst \u00b65 \u201c. . . root of prediction\u201d).
\nDate: 1960.
\nBox & Folder: MP 4:25.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: F. 1960s b (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 103(amidst \u00b65 \u201cis identification.\u00a0 Say. . .\u201d)-06.
\nDate: 1960s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 16:13.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 21.\u00a0 Documentation.
\nEditorial Mark: F. ap (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 107-09(\u00b61) and 112(\u00b62)-15.
\nDate: 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 8:3.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: F. 1960s b (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 109(\u00b62)-12(\u00b61).
\nDate: 1960s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 5:8.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 22.\u00a0 The \u201cReferent\u201d of a Statement in History.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1944 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 116(1)-(amidst \u00b64 \u201c. . . events that happen.\u201d), 117 (amidst \u00b62 \u201c. . . once, as if. . .\u201d)-119 (amidst \u00b67 \u201c. . . from objectivity.\u201d).
\nDate: December 1944.<\/p>\n

Box & Folder: MP 12:10.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1949-51 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 116(amidst \u00b64 \u201cReport contains. . .\u201d)-117(amidst \u00b62 \u201c. . . approached all at. . .\u201d).
\nDate: 1948-53.<\/p>\n

Box & Folder: MP 13:15.
\nEditorial Mark: F. red b (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 119(amidst \u00b67 \u201cWe find ourselves. . .\u201d)-122.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 23:5.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 23.\u00a0 The Facts.
\nEditorial Mark: F. The Facts 9\/1\/65.
\nDocument Type: Letter draft.
\nPages: 123-25(\u00b64).
\nDate: 1 September 1945.
\nBox & Folder: MP 18:6.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: W. To Cushing Strout 10\/31\/46 (6).
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Professor of American Literature S. Cushing Strout.
\nPages: 125(\u00b65)-26.
\nDate: 31 October 1946.
\nBox & Folder: MP 21:3.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 24.\u00a0 Order and Disorder.
\nEditorial Mark: None.
\nDocument Type: Letter.
\nPages: 127-29.
\nDate: None.
\nBox & Folder:
\nRemarks: The only possible lead is to consider the boxes containing letters since the source is the postscript to a letter.\u00a0 It is not possible to accurately date the source.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 25.\u00a0 The Common and the Unique.
\nEditorial Mark: To EAH 2\/-\/68.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
\nPages: 130-35.
\nDate: February 1968.
\nBox & Folder: MP 20:1 and EAH 2.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 26.\u00a0 Action and Immediacy.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 6\/-\/52 (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 136-38.
\nDate: June 1952.
\nBox & Folder: MP 14:23.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 27.\u00a0 The Free Act.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 6\/-\/52 (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 139-41.
\nDate: June 1952.
\nBox & Folder: MP 14:23.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 28.\u00a0 Power.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1949-51 a\u00a0 (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 142-43.
\nDate: 1949.
\nBox & Folder: MP 13:14.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 29.\u00a0 Might and Right.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1950s b (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 144-46.
\nDate: 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 4:5.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 30.\u00a0 Action is Inherently Historical.
\nEditorial Mark: F. aa (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 147-50.
\nDate: 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 7:10.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 31.\u00a0 Myth and Error.
\nEditorial Mark: F. am (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay Draft.
\nPages: 151-56.
\nDate: 1960s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 7:22.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 32.\u00a0 Myth and Control.
\nEditorial Mark: Letter to EAH 4\/-\/69.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
\nPages: 157-64.
\nDate: April 1969.
\nBox & Folder: EAH 3.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 33.\u00a0 The Role of the Actual.
\nEditorial Mark: To EAH 4\/20\/46.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
\nPages: 165-67.
\nDate: 20 April 1946.
\nBox & Folder: EAH 1.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 34.\u00a0 Judgment.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1\/15\/49 a (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 168-73.
\nDate: 15 January 1949.
\nBox & Folder: MP 3:16.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 35.\u00a0 Reflections and Aphorisms.<\/p>\n

Item 1<\/a> 2<\/a> 3<\/a> 4<\/a> 5<\/a> 6<\/a> 7<\/a> 8<\/a> 9<\/a> 10<\/a> 11<\/a> 12<\/a> 13<\/a> 14<\/a> 15<\/a>
\nItem 16<\/a> 17<\/a> 18<\/a> 19<\/a> 20<\/a> 21<\/a> 22<\/a> 23<\/a> 24<\/a> 25<\/a> 26<\/a> 27<\/a> 28<\/a> 29<\/a>
\nItem 30<\/a> 31<\/a> 32<\/a> 33<\/a> 34<\/a> 35<\/a> 36<\/a> 37<\/a> 38<\/a> 39<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>i.\u00a0 A Short Outline.
\nEditorial Mark: To Elias 7\/6\/73.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Professor of American Literature Robert H. Elias.
\nPages: 174-75.
\nDate: 6 July 1973.
\nBox & Folder: MP 19:15.<\/p>\n

<\/a>ii.\u00a0 Consequences.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1949-51 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 175.
\nDate: 30 August 1953.
\nBox & Folder: MP 13:14.<\/p>\n

<\/a>iii.\u00a0 Error.
\nEditorial Mark: M. z (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 175-76.
\nDate: 1950s?
\nBox & Folder: MP 7:9.<\/p>\n

<\/a>iv.\u00a0 To Omit Artifacts is to Omit History.
\nEditorial Mark: F. ap (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 176.
\nDate: 1950s?
\nBox & Folder: MP 8:3.<\/p>\n

<\/a>v.\u00a0 The Trouble with a Static Rule.
\nEditorial Mark: F. red d (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 176.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 23:7.<\/p>\n

<\/a>vi.\u00a0 Order is Nonterminating.
\nEditorial Mark: F. ao (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 177-78.
\nDate: 1950s?
\nBox & Folder: MP 8:2.<\/p>\n

<\/a>vii.\u00a0 Mutuality and Independence.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 7\/10\/31a (5).
\nDocument Type: Diary.
\nPages: 178.
\nDate: 1933
\nBox & Folder: MP 19:11.<\/p>\n

<\/a>viii.\u00a0 Disclosure.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1970s red d (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 178-79.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 26:21.<\/p>\n

<\/a>ix.\u00a0 The Past is Not Come Upon.
\nEditorial Mark: F. red c. (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 179.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 23:6.<\/p>\n

<\/a>x.\u00a0 The Price of the Actual.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1960s G (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 179.
\nDate: 1960s.
\nBox & Folder:
\nRemarks:\u00a0 The editorial mark appears unusual and may be in error.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xi.\u00a0 Time and the Humanities.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1\/11\/46 (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 179.
\nDate: 11 January 1946.
\nBox & Folder: MP 12:16.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xii.\u00a0 The Price of the Past.
\nEditorial Mark: F. as (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 179-80.
\nDate: 1950s?
\nBox & Folder: MP 8:6.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xiii.\u00a0 Success.
\nEditorial Mark: F. ao (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 180
\nDate: 1950s?
\nBox & Folder: MP 8:2.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xiv.\u00a0 Precedents.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1960 (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 180.
\nDate: 1960.
\nBox & Folder: MP 4:25.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xv.\u00a0 Law, Physical and Moral.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1960 (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 180-81.
\nDate: 1960.
\nBox & Folder: MP 4:25.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xvi.\u00a0 Institutions.
\nEditorial Mark: Outsize 1\/25\/43 a (5).
\nDocument Type: Diary.
\nPages: 181.
\nDate: 25 January 1943.
\nBox & Folder: MP 42c:19.
\nRemarks: The source is located on page 305 of the bound notebook.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xvii.\u00a0 A Common Past.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 10\/14\/46 (3)
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 181-82.
\nDate: 14 October 1946.
\nBox & Folder: MP 13:1.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xviii.\u00a0 Philosophy.
\nEditorial Mark: Outsize 1\/25\/43 a (5).
\nDocument Type: Diary.
\nPages: 182.
\nDate: 25 January 1943.
\nBox & Folder: MP 42c:19.
\nRemarks: The source is located on page 357 of the bound notebook.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xix.\u00a0 Superstition.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1\/15\/49 a (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 182.
\nDate: 15 January 1949.
\nBox & Folder: MP 3:16.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xx.\u00a0 The Transcendental.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1949-51 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 182-83.
\nDate: 1951.
\nBox & Folder: MP 13:14.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxi.\u00a0 What is to be Done About the Pilgrims?
\nEditorial Mark: F. ao (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 183-84.
\nDate: 1950s?
\nBox & Folder: MP 8:2.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxii.\u00a0 Physics Has a History.
\nEditorial Mark: F. ao (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 184.
\nDate: Before 1970.
\nBox & Folder: MP 8:2.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxiii.\u00a0 Economic Determination.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1949-51 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 184.
\nDate: 1948-53.
\nBox & Folder: MP 13:15.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxiv.\u00a0 Outside and Inside.
\nEditorial Mark: 6\/23\/54 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 184-85.
\nDate: July 1954.
\nBox & Folder: MP 14:8.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxv.\u00a0 Criticism and History.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1\/15\/54 (5).
\nDocument Type: Diary.
\nPages: 185-86.
\nDate: 1953.
\nBox & Folder: MP 19:12.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxvi.\u00a0 Passing Judgment.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1960 (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 186.
\nDate: 1960.
\nBox & Folder: MP 4:25.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxvii.\u00a0 History Does Not Excommunicate.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1960s G (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 186.
\nDate: 1960s.
\nBox & Folder:
\nRemarks: The editorial mark appears unusual and may be in error.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxviii.\u00a0 Anachronism.
\nEditorial Mark: Unfinished draft of letter to GPB.
\nDocument Type: Draft of letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 186-87.
\nDate: None.
\nBox & Folder:
\nRemarks: Could be located in boxes 19-22 (letter drafts) or boxes 27-29 (unmailed letters).<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxix.\u00a0 Symbols and Tongues.
\nEditorial Mark: 6\/23\/54 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 187.
\nDate: August 1954.
\nBox & Folder: MP 14:8.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxx.\u00a0 Change.
\nEditorial Mark: F. Report of Four Meetings.
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 187-88.
\nDate: 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: 12:2.
\nRemarks: Professor Miller and former students Mr. George P. Brockway, Mr. Philip Br\u00e9gy, and Professor of American Literature Robert H. Elias held semi-formal seminars during the 1950s.\u00a0 These notes constituted summaries and often an elaboration on the meetings.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxxi.\u00a0 One Point of View.
\nEditorial Mark: F. Report of Four Meetings.
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 188.
\nDate: 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: 12:2.
\nRemarks: Professor Miller and former students Mr. George P. Brockway, Mr. Philip Br\u00e9gy, and Professor of American Literature Robert H. Elias held semi-formal seminars during the 1950s.\u00a0 These notes constituted summaries and often an elaboration on the meetings.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxxii.\u00a0 Our Heritage.
\nEditorial Mark: F. Report of Four Meetings.
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 188.
\nDate: 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: 12:2.
\nRemarks: Professor Miller and former students Mr. George P. Brockway, Mr. Philip Br\u00e9gy, and Professor of American Literature Robert H. Elias held semi-formal seminars during the 1950s.\u00a0 These notes constituted summaries and often an elaboration on the meetings.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxxiii.\u00a0 Caesar is Not Crossing the Rubicon.
\nEditorial Mark: F. Report of Four Meetings.
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 188-89.
\nDate: 1950s.
\nBox & Folder: 12:2.
\nRemarks: Professor Miller and former students Mr. George P. Brockway, Mr. Philip Br\u00e9gy, and Professor of American Literature Robert H. Elias held semi-formal seminars during the 1950s.\u00a0 These notes constituted summaries and often an elaboration on the meetings.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxxiv.\u00a0 Originality.
\nEditorial Mark: W. to Cushing Strout 10\/23\/51 (6).
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Professor of American Literature S. Cushing Strout.
\nPages: 189-90.
\nDate: 23 October 1951.
\nBox & Folder: MP 21:3.
\nRemarks:\u00a0 Editorial mark on the folder is W. 10\/31\/46-1076 (6).<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxxv.\u00a0 Motives and Reactions.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 8\/15\/55 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 190-91.
\nDate: 15 August 1955.
\nBox & Folder: MP 14:10.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxxvi.\u00a0 Cyclic Theories.
\nEditorial Mark: None.
\nDocument Type:
\nPages: 191.
\nDate: None.
\nBox & Folder: MP 14:23.
\nRemarks:\u00a0 Editorial mark on folder is F. 6\/-\/52 a (3).<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxxvii.\u00a0 Presence.
\nEditorial Mark: 10\/30\/72 (4b).
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter.
\nPages: 192.
\nDate: 30 October 1972.
\nBox & Folder:
\nRemarks: This source, like those used for sections 36 and 38 of this chapter, was added at the galley stage and is not found in the typescript file in the \u2018dead matter’ box.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxxviii.\u00a0 Nihilism.
\nEditorial Mark: 21 Aug. 73 (5).
\nDocument Type: Diary.
\nPages: 192.
\nDate: 21 August 1973.
\nBox & Folder:
\nRemarks: This source, like those used for sections 36 and 37 of this chapter, was added at the galley stage and is not part of the typescript file found in the \u2018dead matter’ box.\u00a0 The editorial mark may be mistaken as there are no diary materials from 1973.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxxix.\u00a0 Good in History.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 10\/15\/55 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 192.
\nDate: 15 August 1955.
\nBox & Folder: MP 14:10.
\nRemarks: The editorial mark is inaccurate as the notes actually date from August of 1955.\u00a0 The short paragraph comes from some pages of commentary apropos of an essay by Professor of History Theodore C. Smith of Williams College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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