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Few great men could pass personnel.
Paul Goodman
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Paul Goodman
Age: 60 †
Born: 1911
Born: September 9
Died: 1972
Died: August 2
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We do not behave as if we believed that the affairs of our world were significant enough for the intervention of great men.
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What the devil to do with the sentence Who the devil does he think he's fooling? You can't write Whom the devil- .
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