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Quotation by Edward Dahlberg
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It is very perplexing how an intrepid frontier people, who fought a wilderness, floods, tornadoes, and the Rockies, cower before criticism, which is regarded as a malignant tumor in the imagination.
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Edward Dahlberg
Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977), U.S. author, critic. "No Love and No Thanks," Alms for Oblivion (1964).
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