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Poverty and Compassion
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Gertrude Himmelfarb taught for 23 years at Brooklyn College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York, where she was named distinguished professor of history in 1978. Now professor emeritus, she lives with her husband, Irving Kristol, in Washington, DC. Her books includeThe De-Moralization of Society- From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values; On Looking into the Abyss- Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society; Poverty and Compassion- The Moral Imagination of the Late Victorians; The New History and the Old; Marriage and Morals Among the Victorians; The Idea of Poverty- England inthe Early Industrial Age; On Liberty and Liberalism- The Case of John Stuart Mill; Victorian Minds (nominated for a National Book Award); Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution;andLord Acton- A Study in Conscience and Politics.

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"A monumental achievement. "--Wall Street Journal

"A monumental achievement. "--Wall Street Journal

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