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Harvard removes human skin from the binding of 19th-century book

For 90 years, a book about the soul after death was bound in human skin. Now, Harvard has removed the binding and apologized for its handling of the book.

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Harvard says it s removed human skin from binding of 19th century book

Harvard University said it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book about the afterlife.

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UNI professor adds to North American Review s public history

Professor Jeremy Schraffenberger will use funding and resources from a Harvard fellowship to research early North American Review editors attitudes toward slavery and abolition.

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Gross! Harvard Removes Book With Binding Made Of Human Skin

Gross! Harvard Removes Book With Binding Made Of Human Skin
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Harvard says it s removed human skin from binding of 19th century book

The book, Des Destinees de L ame, meaning Destinies of the Soul, was written by Arsene Houssaye, a French novelist and poet, in the early 1880s.

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