Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
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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