Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to get to Spain and were accustomed to travelling, whereas very few workers had left British shores.
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Nationality: American Type: Politician Born: January 16, 1934 |
“The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.”
“You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very stubborn things, with a blank page, with the damn thing that you use to write with, a pen or a typewriter, and you forget all about the reader when you are doing that.”