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It is only too clear that man is not at home in this universe, and yet he is not good enough to deserve a better.

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Perry Miller

Perry Miller

Born: February 25, 1905
Died: December 9, 1963 (aged 58)
Bio: Perry G. E. Miller was an American intellectual historian and Harvard University professor. He was an authority on American Puritanism, and a co-founder of the field of American Studies. Alfred Kazin referred to him as "the master of American intellectual history".
Known for:
  1. The New England mind (1939)
  2. Errand into the wilderness (1952)
  3. American Puritans Their Prose and Poetry (1956)
  4. The Raven and the Whale (1956)
  5. The Transcendentalists (1950)

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