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"""These alumni are representative in their distinction, or notoriety. Each Cornellian is profiled in a witty and erudite essay, and each is accompanied-with one telling exception-by a portrait. While many of the notables, especially those prior to 1945, are not household names, their stories are engaging. You will find yourself wanting to know more.""-Ithaca Times, October 1, 2003."

These alumni are representative in their distinction, or notoriety. Each Cornellian is profiled in a witty and erudite essay, and each is accompanied with one telling exception by a portrait. While many of the notables, especially those prior to 1945, are not household names, their stories are engaging. You will find yourself wanting to know more. Ithaca Times, October 1, 2003.

These alumni are representative in their distinction, or notoriety. Each Cornellian is profiled in a witty and erudite essay, and each is accompanied-with one telling exception-by a portrait. While many of the notables, especially those prior to 1945, are not household names, their stories are engaging. You will find yourself wanting to know more. -Ithaca Times, October 1, 2003.

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Isaac Kramnick is Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government at Cornell University, where he also served as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and faculty-elected member of the Board of Trustees. He is the author or editor of many books, including studies of the American founding fathers, Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke, and the twentieth-century Englishman Harold Laski.

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