Isadore [Duncan], who had an un-American genius for art, for organizing love, maternity, politics and pedagogy on a … - Janet Flanner

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I would not be a Moses to lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you into it, someone else could lead you out of it.

Janet Flanner

Isadore [Duncan], who had an un-American genius for art, for organizing love, maternity, politics and pedagogy on a great personal scale, had also an un-American genius for grandeur.

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