One would be hard-pressed to name a living scholar who has been more widely or more justly celebrated than Jacques Barzun. On the occasion of his centennial, his many students, readers and friends celebrate his life and work once again, not because he needs yet another accolade, but because the world needs the example that he presents to us of a life devoted to learning and teaching, to honesty and tenacity, to beauty and wit, to conversation and friendship. Even more important than these personal and academic qualities is the wisdom underlying the great themes that run throughout his work....