At Harvard, a mere 42 students — “less than 1 percent of Harvard’s 6,640 undergraduates” — major in classics. “Then there’s Sanskrit and Indian studies, which has three students, and astronomy and astrophysics, with five starry-eyed souls. Although most students may deem the undersubscribed subjects impractical, the bastion of liberal arts education has in recent years begun promoting learning for learning’s sake as a worthy and enriching pursuit.”