The major argument of this essay is that Kipling treats the colonial subject as the "other," and Forster proves to be almost as pro-Empire as writers like Kipling. Nevertheless, A Passage to India is eloquent in rejecting British values and introducing Indian voices. This novel records a shift in attitude in terms of exposing the bitter realities about and attitudes of British imperialists. Des...

The first Emil J Freireich Symposium was an awesome tribute to an extraordinary human being. The Freireich Symposiurn was M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX) at its best, with the faculty, fellows, staff, alumni, friends and the new President fully involved in the intellectual life of the institution. The Symposium reminded us who we are, why we are here, where we have been, and what mus...

ground?in his case the field of general practice?he was opposed by those who preferred wild pastures where they pointed to the rarer natural flowers but ingnored the vast areas of neglect. More than was generally realised, he was well aware of the antagonisms aroused by the College whose aims he did so much to nurture in its early days. But out of this College, with all its failings, came the g...