Off With Their Beards!
July, 1958
As you Might have noticed by looking around you, beards are making a comeback, enjoying a modest but noticeable renaissance. This leaves me unmoved, as I do not advocate indiscriminate beard-growing.I am an enthusiastic advocate of independence of mind, of individual initiative, of the wisdom of taking a line of one's own. I have noticed that successful men, in all walks of life, tend to possess not only strong character, but a high degree of individuality. Few, if any, are colorless conformists...
