Carolina Quotes...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 Carolinian
Source
“The Intellectual in America”, p. 5
- work
- A Sad Heart at the Supermarket: Essays & Fables (1962)
- year
- 1962
- locator
- p. 5
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“...when General Eisenhower defined an intellectual as “a man…” Randall Jarrell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-76F0192CCC. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/76f0192ccc
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