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Bernard DeVoto Quotes
The trouble with Reason is that it becomes meaningless at the exact point where it refuses to act.
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Birth: | 11th January, 1897 |
Death: | 13th November, 1955 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Author, Historian |
He was born in Ogden, Utah. He attended the University of Utah for one year, then transferred to Harvard University, but interrupted his education to serve in World War I, graduating in 1920. He began his career in 1922 as an English instructor at Northwestern University and began to write articles and novels, which often provoked controversy for their liberal viewpoint.
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