Lionel Trilling Quotes

American literary critic (1905–1975)

Lionel Trilling (July 4, 1905 – November 5, 1975) was an American literary critic, author and educator.

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Alternative Names: Born Lionel Mordecai Trilling

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At the bottom of at least popular Marxism there has always been a kind of disgust with humanity as it is and a perfect faith in humanity as it is to be.