August 28, 2010

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The biographer should not confuse his obligation to tell us the how of his subject with the ridiculous pretension of explaining to us the why.

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  1. StephenJanuary 20, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    The original Spanish is:

    El biógrafo no debe confundir su compromiso de decirnos el cómo de su biografiado con la ridícula pretensión de explicarnos el porqué.

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