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Hendrik Willem van Loon was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author.

✵ 14. January 1882 – 11. March 1944
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Hendrik Willem van Loon Quotes

“Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance.”

Hendrik Willem van Loon

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