tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post2888327984961951018..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `A Number of Good Sentences'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-14572741634991527532012-04-05T11:32:43.518-05:002012-04-05T11:32:43.518-05:00Tom Bethell's first chapter in his biography o...Tom Bethell's first chapter in his biography of Eric Hoffer is puzzling. He gives hints at Hoffer's origins and puts together a slim case that Hoffer has been less than truthful about his early life. All, doubtless, because he has a man whose first 35 years (equal to Mozart's entire life span)are not accessible to him for the writing of his book. <br /><br />Anyone who doesn't understand Lincoln or Truman or Hoffer doesn't understand America. I'm enjoying the recently published collection of Hoffer's newspaper columns,written in the late <br />1960s. <br /><br />TJGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com