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If one does away with the fact of the Resurrection, one also does away with the Cross, for both stand and fall together, and one would then have to find a new center for the whole message of the gospel.
Jacques Barzun
Born: November 30, 1907
Died: October 25, 2012 (aged 104)
Bio: Jacques Martin Barzun was a French-born American historian. Focusing on ideas and culture, he wrote about a wide range of subjects, including baseball and classical music, and is best known as a philosopher of education.
Known for:
- The House of Intellect (1959)
- Simple & direct (1969)
- Darwin, Marx, Wagner (1941)
- The modern researcher (1957)
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