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Unless our ideas are questioned, they become part of the furniture of eternity.

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
Unless
Become
Part
Ideas
Questioned
Furniture
Eternity

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