It would seem that Americans have a kind of resistance to looking closely at society.
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We must be aware of the dangers, which lie in our most generous wishes. Some paradox of our nature leads us, when once we have made our fellow men the objects of our enlightened interest, to go on to make them the objects of our pity, then of our wisdom, ultimately of our coercion.
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Lionel Trilling (23)
Birth: | 4th July, 1905 |
Death: | 5th November, 1975 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Author, Critic, Professor, Teacher |
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