Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to lear… - John Updike

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Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself.

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John Hoyer Updike (18 March 1932 – 27 January 2009) was an American novelist, poet, critic and short-story writer.

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