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Ours is the age of substitutes: Instead of language we have jargon instead of principles, slogans and instead of genuine ideas, bright suggestions.
Eric Bentley
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Eric Bentley
Age: 103 †
Born: 1916
Born: September 14
Died: 2020
Died: August 5
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Eric Russell Bentley
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