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Hervey Allen quotes

American Author December 8, 1889 – December 28, 1949

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Hervey Allen quote: "Local color has a fatal tendency to remain local; but it is..."
Local color has a fatal tendency to remain local; but it is also true that the universal often borders on the void. Hervey Allen
Hervey Allen quote: "Each new generation is a fresh invasion of savages."
Each new generation is a fresh invasion of savages. Hervey Allen
In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material for this volume has been gathered from a section that was one of the first to be colonized. Hervey Allen
Here the Frenchman, Spaniard, and Englishman all passed, leaving each his legend; and a brilliant and more or less feudal civilization with its aristocracy and slaves has departed with the economic system upon which it rested. Hervey Allen
Hervey Allen quote: "Legends are material to be moulded, and not facts to be recorded."
Legends are material to be moulded, and not facts to be recorded. Hervey Allen
Hervey Allen quote: "Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping..."
Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. Hervey Allen

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