“The young today cannot follow narrative but they are alert to drama. They cannot bear description but they love landscape and action.”
Letter to Harold Adam Innis (14 March 1951), published in Essential McLuhan (1995), edited by Eric McLuhan and Frank Zingrone, p. 74
1950s
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Nick Land (1962) British philosopher
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Robert Delaunay (1885–1941) French painter
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“He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.”
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Nequeam lacrimas perferre parentis.
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Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician
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Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
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