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Wilson was a visionary who liked to identify himself with "forward-looking man"; Harding … was as old-fashioned as those wooden Indians which used to stand in front of cigar stores.... Wilson thought in terms of the whole world; Harding was for America first. And, finally, whereas Wilson wanted America to exert itself nobly, Harding wanted to give it a rest.

Frederick Lewis Allen

It is easier to tear down a code than to put a new one in its place.

Frederick Lewis Allen

Frederick Lewis Allen

Frederick Lewis Allen

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Born: July 5, 1890

Died: February 13, 1954 (aged 63)

Bio: Frederick Lewis Allen was the editor of Harper's Magazine and also notable as an American historian of the first half of the twentieth century. His specialty was writing about what was at the time recent and popular history.

Known for:

The lords of creation (1935)
The big change (1952)
The great Pierpont Morgan (1948)

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