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The man for whom history is bunk is almost invariably as obtuse to the future as he is blind to the past.

J. Frank Dobie

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J. Frank Dobie
Age: 75 †
Born: 1888
Born: September 26
Died: 1964
Died: September 18
Journalist
Writer
Live Oak County
Texas
James Frank Dobie
Men
Obtuse
Bunk
Invariably
Blind
Almost
Future
History
Past

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