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The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
Journalist
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
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Absorption
Longer
Usa
Social
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Peoples
Great
Wilderness
Different
Immigration
Fifty
Adventure

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