...when General Eisenhower defined an intellectual as "a man who takes more words than is necessary to tell more than he knows”, he was speaking not as a Republican but as an American. (Randall Jarrell)

...when General Eisenhower defined an intellectual as "a man who takes more words than is necessary to tell more than he knows”, he was speaking not as a Republican but as an American.

Randall Jarrell

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