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As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines.

Joseph Wood Krutch

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Joseph Wood Krutch
Age: 76 †
Born: 1893
Born: November 25
Died: 1970
Died: May 22
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Journalist
Literary Critic
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Theatre Critic
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Knoxville
Tennessee
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