A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again. - Carl Van Doren

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A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again.

Carl Van Doren

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Carl Clinton Van Doren (September 10, 1885 – July 18, 1950) was a U.S. critic, historian, and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer.

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