Lapham’s Quarterly: Jobs & Salaries (2026)

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Lapham’s Quarterly embodies the belief that history is the root of all education, scientific and literary as well as political and economic. Each issue addresses a topic of current interest and concer.

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News laphamsquarterly.org 9 months ago

Vanishing Act: Barbara Follett, transfixed the literary world-then vanished

Barbara Newhall Follett was a prodigy who transfixed the literary world-and then vanished.

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News Lapham's Quarterly 9 months ago

1759: Remembrance of Things Past

Samuel Johnson argues for the art of forgetting.

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Web Du Bois on the beauty of sorrow songs (1903)

W.E.B. Du Bois on the beauty of sorrow songs.

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The Haven Ahead

A letter from the acting editor.

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News laphamsquarterly.org 11 months ago

Voltaire's Luck: The French Philosopher Outsmarts the Lottery

The French philosopher outsmarts the lottery.

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News Lapham's Quarterly 12 months ago

The Power of Speaking Polari Paul Baker

A secret language helped build a queer community in postwar Britain.

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News Lapham's Quarterly 1 year ago

Without Deeds, Without Names

It seems a desirable thing to leave for long years behind one an unburied name. But a man is not perforce superior because he is of noble family or high degree. Foolish and unskillful people, thanks t

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News laphamsquarterly.org 1 year ago

Compound interest can help save for the future, or it can bankrupt the world

Compound interest can help save for the future, or it can bankrupt the world.

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The Ghost and the Princess

The correspondence of René Descartes and Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia-a debate about mind, soul, and immortality.

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