Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Irving Howe

American Literary and Social Critic

"Politics is, among other things, the art of anticipating consequences."

"Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of engaging reality."

"The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable. "