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Steffens

[ stef-uhnz ]

noun

  1. (Joseph) Lincoln, 1866–1936, U.S. author, journalist, and editor.


Steffens

/ ˈstɛfənz /

noun

  1. Steffens(Joseph) Lincoln18661936MUSPOLITICS: political analyst ( Joseph ) Lincoln. 1866–1936, US political analyst, known for his exposure of political corruption


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To this inflammable material, Henrik Steffens merely laid the torch of his intelligence.

To govern a life insurance company, Mr. Steffens argued, was just as much "government" as to run a city.

Coming from a man who had seen as much of actual politics as Mr. Steffens, it puzzled me a great deal.

It shames me to think what my friend Lincoln Steffens could have done had he but enjoyed my opportunities.

He became the friend and associate of Steffens and Oehlenschlger, warmly adopting the romantic views about poetry and philosophy.

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