Fred Kaplan
Quotes by Fred Kaplan
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As became a young sinner, Sam [Mark Twain] had a special interest in Satan. He asked his Sunday school teacher questions about Eve in the garden, wondering if he had ever heard of another woman who, being approached by a serpent, would not excuse herself and break for the nearest timber. Twain recalled, He did not answer my question, but rebuked me for inquiring into matters above my age and comprehension.
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As became a young sinner, Sam [Mark Twain] had a special interest in Satan. He asked his Sunday school teacher questions about Eve in the garden, wondering if he had ever heard of another woman who, being approached by a serpent, would not excuse herself and break for the nearest timber. Twain recalled, He did not answer my question, but rebuked me for inquiring into matters above my age and comprehension.
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Reading Edmund Morris's 'Colonel Roosevelt' is a rewarding journey, as it must also have been for its author, who concludes his three-volume saga begun in 1980 with publication of 'The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt.'
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The value of Eric Foner's 'The Fiery Trial' lies in its comprehensive review of mostly familiar material; in its sensible evaluation of the full range of information already available about Abraham Lincoln and slavery; and in the deft thoroughness of its scholarship.
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Lincoln was the Twain of our politics.
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Can a great artist be mean-spirited, grasping, harsh to his family, violent in his emotions, vindictive in his hatreds, an all-purpose scoundrel? If our test cases are the likes of Wagner, Picasso, and, let me say, Dickens, the answer is a resounding yes.
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