Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) American poet
Journal entry (9 April 1906); as published in Letters of Wallace Stevens (1966) edited by Holly Stevens
“Life for the European is a career; for the American, it is a hazard.”
"America the Beautiful: The Humanist in the Bathtub", p. 17
On the Contrary: Articles of Belief 1946–1961 (1961)
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