Which of them said which has never been determined, and does not matter, since they all had the same ideas and expressed them always with the same ponderance and brassy assurance. If it was not Babbitt who was delivering any given verdict, at least he was beaming on the chancellor who did deliver it. (p. 116)
Sinclair LewisAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: February 7, 1885
- Died: January 10, 1951
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