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It is unjust and absurd of those advancing in years, to expect of the young that confidence should come all and only on their side: the human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
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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