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It is up to you to decide that this has lasted long enough, that our boys are dying to serve no British interest but for the interests of a small clique of utterly unscrupulous men.
If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even though they don't really know what they're trying to prevent - then you can get pessimistic.
Carl D. Anderson, Scientist (1905) |
Michael D. Barnes, Politician (1943) |
Kitty Carlisle, Musician (1910) |
William Eardley IV, Public Servant (1964) |
Loren Eiseley, Scientist (1907) |
Jennie Finch, Athlete (1980) |
Eduardo Galeano, Journalist (1940) |
Malcolm Gladwell, Author (1963) |
Justin Halpern, Author (1980) |
Al Jardine, Musician (1942) |
Frank Capra, Director (1991) |
Morton Feldman, Composer (1987) |
Pauline Kael, Critic (2001) |
Fanny Kaplan, Activist (1918) |