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Stephen Vincent Benet

b: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Jul 22, 1898

d: New York, New York, Mar 13, 1943

American. Author. Poet. Won Pulitzers for poetry volumes John Browns Body, 1928; Western Star, 1943.

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Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.