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Showing posts with label John Dos Passos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Dos Passos. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Quote of the Day (John Dos Passos, on History’s Use in ‘Times of Change and Danger’)

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“In times of change and danger when there is a quicksand of fear under men’s reasoning, a sense of continuity with generations gone befo...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Quote of the Day (John Dos Passos, on History as the ‘Daydream of a Race’)

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“It seems to me that history is always more alive and more interesting than fiction. I suppose that is because a story is the daydream ...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Quote of the Day (John Dos Passos, on History, a ‘Lifeline Across the Scary Present’)

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“In times of change and danger when there is a quicksand of fear under men’s reasoning, a sense of continuity with generations gone b...
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