The Crossing Point: Selected Talks and Writings

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H THE CROSSING POINT Selected Talks and Writings by MARY CAROLINE RICHARDS Wesleyan University Press Published by University Press of New England Hanover and London WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS Published by University Press of New England Hanover, NH03755 Copyright © 1966,1973 by Mary Caroline Richards All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 543 Some of these papers have previously been published elsewhere, as detailed in their respective headnotes. The author is grateful for permission to reprint and for assignment of copyright. "New Resources" was first printed in Ideas No. 5, published and copyright Great Britain by University of London Goldsmiths' College. "Pilot Course Seven: New Resources for Learning" was included in Curriculum & Resources , published and copyright smiths' College. "Triune," by Alfred Barnes, is reprinted by permission of the author from Goetheanum News (Dornach, Switzerland), Vol. 38, No. 2, March-April 1970. "Hunger," by Elizabeth Hamlin, is reprinted by permission of the author from her book Poems (Stinehour Press, 1968), copyright "Blue Girls," by John Crowe Ransom, is reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf,Inc., from Selected Poems of John Crowe Ransom, third edition, revised and enlarged, copyright 1969 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. "A Ritual to Read to Each Other," by William Stafford, is reprinted by permission of the author from his book West of Your City (The Talisman Press, 1960), copyright William Stafford. "The force that through the green fuse drives the flower," by Dylan Thomas, is reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation from The Poems of Dylan Thomas, copyright © 1939 by New Directions Publishing Corporation; reprinted also by permission of J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. and the Trustees for the Copyrights of the late Dylan Thomas from Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Richards, Mary Caroline. The crossing point. i. Education—Philosophy—Addresses, essays, lectures 2. Self-realization—Addresses, essays, lectures. 3. Conduct of life—Addresses,essays, lectures. I. Title. LB885.R53I3 370.I 73-6010 ISBN 0-8195-4060-9 ISBN 0-8195-6029-4 (pbk.) 1969 in Great Britain by University of London Gold1968 in 1968 by Elizabeth Hamlin. 1960 by ...