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<jats:p>C<jats:sc>an the giant of</jats:sc> 1980 <jats:sc>continue to</jats:sc> wear the clothes, however stretched and patched, of the pygmy of 1883? Can any association thus organized and thus steadily expanding continue without taking a fresh look at the pattern of its activities? The problem is not peculiar to the Modern Language Association; it is common to other national organizations of a scholarly, professional, or scientific kind. […]</jats:p>