Quote of the day
What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly?
Herbert Croly
Born: January 23, 1869
Died: May 17, 1930 (aged 61)
Bio: Herbert David Croly was an intellectual leader of the progressive movement as an editor, political philosopher and a co-founder of the magazine The New Republic in early twentieth-century America.
Known for:
- The Promise of American Life (1909)
- Progressive democracy (1914)
- Marcus Alonzo Hanna: His Life and Work (1912)
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