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March 1994 Issue
March 1994 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • The Drowning
    Edward J. Delaney
  • Troubled Bridges
    Eugene Peck
  • The False Promise of Gun Control
    Daniel D. Polsby
  • Three New Ways to Create Jobs
    Charles A. Cerami
  • Sir Walter Scott and John James Audubon
    Nancy Caldwell Sorel
  • Voice of the Mind
    Matthew Gurewitsch

Voice of the Mind

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ‘s Schubert song cycle is endlessly instructive, even if it isn’t always transporting

By Matthew Gurewitsch
March 1994 Issue
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