Hendrik Willem van Loon
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Biography
Hendrik Willem van Loon was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author.
"The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress."
"Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance."
"The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter."