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Professor Andrew Delbanco delivered the 50th annual Jefferson Lecture in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. (Billy Delfs for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH))

On Wednesday, the National Endowment for the Humanities held its 50th annual Jefferson Lecture.

Each year, the lecturer is chosen based on distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. Being selected to give the Jefferson Lecture is considered the highest honor given by the federal government in the field of the humanities.