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But society is ignorant and venomous, devoid of any trace of insight or understanding. It exalts kna...

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We all do things in a certain individual way, according to our temperaments. Every human act — no ma...

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Born: 1888-10-15

Died: 1939-04-11

S. S. Van Dine was the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939), an American art critic and author. He created the once immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance, who first appeared in books in the 1920s, then in movies and on the radio.More

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