Bergen Evans
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"Bergen Baldwin Evans" was a Northwestern University professor of English, and a television host. He received a List of Peabody Award winners (1950–59)#1957/George Foster Peabody Award in 1957 for excellence in broadcasting for his CBS TV series The Last Word.

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Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.

We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.

Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led….

[T]here is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.

Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning.