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William Empson

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William Empson

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Birthday: September 27, 1906

Birthplace: Yokefleet Hall, Yorkshire

Death: April 15, 1984

Educated At: Trinity College

Occupations: Editor

Total quotes: 1

“Newspapers are an essential element and symbol of the peculiar spirit and tendency which characterizes our civilization. There is no place to which they do not penetrate; no object which they may not serve; no description of person to whom they are not welcome. ”

— William Empson, Literature and Mass Culture

Tagged: Democracy, Newspapers, Openness

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