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These essays reflects Gombrich's concern with the central questions of value and tradition in our culture. His topics include proposals for the reform of higher education, an attack on relativism and a plea for the conservation of our cities, and studies of the work of Oskar Kokoschka, Abram Games, Saul Steinberg and Henri Cartier-Bresson.
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