Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Carl Van Doren
Born: September 10, 1885
Died: July 18, 1950 (aged 64)
Bio: Carl Clinton Van Doren was a U.S. critic and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. He was the brother of critic and teacher Mark Van Doren and the uncle of Charles Van Doren.
Known for:
- The great rehearsal
- Benjamin Franklin
- American scriptures
- The American novel, 1789-1939 (1921)
- Contemporary American novelists, 1900-1920 (1921)
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