| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 1158 |
| AUTHOR: | Alistair Cooke |
| QUOTATION: | Who is this rare bird, perched at the eerie dead center of the world’s hurricane, whom all men delight to praise? A Machiavelli with a Boy Scout’s exterior? A gross flatterer? A Talleyrand subtler than Khrishna Menon? A monstrous appeaser? Clean is the word for Hammarskjöld. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On Dag Hammarskjöld, NY Herald Tribune 5 Oct 57 |
| SUBJECTS: | The World: United Nations: Observers & Critics |
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