“Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behaviour. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them—if you want to. Just as some day, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.”
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Howard Zinn died the day before J D... but, for all his wisdom and historical analysis, I don't hear anyone (except Amy Goodman and my Facebook friends) mentioning this fact. Certainly the news in Europe has completely ignored Zinn while singing the praises of Salinger. Strange world....
Amina, I do not know who Howard Zinn was. I think I've never heard of him. Sorry to disappoint.
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