Margaret Chase Smith Essay: The Right of Independent Thought

Authors

Jonathan F. Fanton, American Academy of Arts and SciencesFollow

Abstract

This essay by Jonathan F. Fanton investigates the relationship between the humanities and the right of independent thought, as described by Senator Margaret Chase Smith in her “Declaration of Conscience” speech. The author suggests that independent thought must be renewed continually and culti­vated at every turn, or it becomes fixed ideology that cannot adapt to changing circumstances.

First page

10

Last page

11

DOI

https://doi.org/10.53558/UJOH7692

Recommended Citation

Fanton, Jonathan F. . "Margaret Chase Smith Essay: The Right of Independent Thought." Maine Policy Review 24.1 (2015) : 10 -11, https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol24/iss1/5.