Full text of Embers Of The World: Conversations With Scott Buchanan.

 

Participants: 

 

Harris Wofford, Jr.
Stringfellow Barr
Jacqueline Grennan
Roger Landrum 
David Schickele

EDITED BY HARRIS WOFFORD, JR.
PUBLISHED BY
THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA

SCOTT BUCHANAN

(1895-1968)
 

Foreword:

When I invited Scott Buchanan to join the
staff of the Fund for the Republic, he asked
what I wanted him to do.

I said, "Teach us."

This he proceeded, unobtrusively, to do.

He was one of the great teachers of our time. If
any member of the Center were asked who the
important influences in his life had been he
would include Scott Buchanan in the list.

He was an unusual combination of wisdom and
imagination. He was the first person ever to
mention the significance of developing countries
in my hearing. He was the first to talk about
what technology had done and would do to
civilization. He was the first to propose a positive
interpretation of the Bill of Rights and to put
forward the idea that the First Amendment
imposed obligations on the government to
support and advance the enlightenment of the
people. We are all glad that we were able to get
his discussion of the Constitution into print
before his death.

He symbolized for us what we were trying to be
and do. He personified the
Civilization of the Dialogue.

- ROBERT M. HUTCHINS