american intellectuals (m&d-related)

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

 "the impressive liberality of the united states has also to do with the fact 
 that there the intellectual consciously comprehends himself as part of his 
 society. he does not want to be more important than the baker who takes care of 
 the rolls every morning, and very certainly he doesn't consider himself to be 
 more important than those lumberjacks who, back in the days, defined the 
 'frontier' through their work." 

                            (peter vogt in today's faz, p. 50, own translation)

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