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From The March-April 2002 Issue

Published in the March-April 2002 print issue in the John Harvard's Journal section.

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How the American Revolution Freed a Future Abolitionist

Darby Vassall, an enslaved child freed after the Battle of Bunker Hill, dedicated his life to fighting for liberty.

America’s National Parks Are a $56 Billion Economic Engine

Harvard’s Linda Bilmes on measuring the economic value of public lands

Michael Sandel’s “The Tyranny of Merit” reviewed by Spencer Lenfield

Michael Sandel makes the case against meritocracy.

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Houghton Library Displays Revolution-era News and Propaganda

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A Harvard Astrophysicist Explains the Bizarre Behavior of a Supergiant Star

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