70 Year Magazine Archive

THE MISANTHROPE’S CORNER

by Florence King

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Bastard Means Hollywood Agent

LET US NOW praise insensitivity before it’s too late. The old adage that sticks and stones may break our bones but words can never hurt us is not true. Words do hurt, and can therefore help in stanching what the New Euphemists call “a breakdown in the social order.”

Florence King

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Florence King

Florence King was a contributing editor of National Review.

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