Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Orin Tilevitz writes, “One day early in Chem 20, Professor Doering told us that if your experiment was inconsistent with your hypothesis, there must be something wrong with the experiment. (He was joking.) Is there an original source for this?”

“the music they love” (March­April). Jeremiah Jenkins and Sarah Hamilton were the first to identify this borrow­ing from the first chapter of Indian Summer of a Forsyte, the second part of John Galsworthy’s Forsyte Saga. The direct quote is, “By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men’s souls. Old Jolyon could not bear a strong cigar or Wag­ ner’s music.”

Send inquiries and answers to “Chapter and Verse,” Harvard Magazine, 7 Ware Street, Cambridge 02138, or via e­-mail to chapterandverse@harvardmag.com.

Click here for the May-June 2016 issue table of contents

You might also like

Centralizing University Discipline

Harvard establishes new disciplinary procedures for campus protest violations.

Five Questions with JoAnn Manson

A veteran women’s health advocate on federal funding cuts

Doctors for Change

Countway Library exhibit explores historic anti-nuclear activism

Most popular

Blanche Calloway, Cab’s Enterprising Older Sister

The success and struggles of a pioneering musician

Harvard Sues Over Funding Freeze

The University takes the Trump administration to federal court.

The New Gender Gaps

What to do as men and boys fall behind

Explore More From Current Issue

The Trump Administration's Impact on Higher Education

Unprecedented federal actions against research funding, diversity, speech, and more

89664

Jessica Shand—Math and Music at Harvard

Jessica Shand blends math and music.

89677

Paper Peepshows at Harvard's Baker Library

How “paper peepshows” brought distant realms to life

89684