Article April 1, 1972 ISSUE

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HOWARD PALFREY JONES

A friend recently telephoned to ask me to see his son, a student at Harvard. "You'll recognize him," he said. "He looks exactly like a prophet out of the Bible."

The young man turned out to be a sweet boy, not at all interested in organized religion, caught up in the secular sweep of the times, but expressing in his own terms a depth of compassion and concern for his fellowman that had a Christlike quality. In some ways he resembled the paintings portraying Jesus, with long silky hair on his shoulders, and a flowing beard. All of which reminded me that there was little new under the sun.

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