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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lincoln_SteffensLincoln Steffens - Wikipedia

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   Lincoln Steffens. Joseph Lincoln Steffens (April 6, 1866 – August 9, 1936) was an American investigative journalist and one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era in the early 20th century.

2. www.britannica.com › biography › Lincoln-SteffensLincoln Steffens | Biography, Significance, Books, & Facts

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   Apr 9, 2024 · Lincoln Steffens was an American journalist, lecturer, and political philosopher who was a leading figure among the writers whom U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt called muckrakers. He was radicalized by the Mexican and Russian revolutions, and he supported many communist activities thereafter.

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   Jun 8, 2018 · Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936) was the most famous of the American muckraker journalists of the period 1903-1910. His exposés of corruption in government and business helped build support for reform. Lincoln Steffens was born on April 6, 1866, in Sacramento, Calif.

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   Joseph Lincoln Steffens (April 6, 1866 – August 9, 1936) was an American journalist and one of the most famous and influential practitioners of the journalistic style called muckraking. He is also known for his 1921 statement, upon his return from the Soviet Union: "I have been over into the future, and it works."

5. www.azquotes.com › author › 14054-Lincoln_SteffensTOP 25 QUOTES BY LINCOLN STEFFENS (of 52) | A-Z Quotes

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   Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over. The greatest picture is not yet painted, the greatest play isn't written, the greatest poem is unsung. There isn't in all the world a perfect railroad, nor a good government, nor a sound law.

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   Oct 27, 2015 · It was too easy, the muckraker Lincoln Steffens began to argue, to believe that bad politicians were just immoral people. Instead he asked his massive readership to look at the structure rather...

7. www.nytimes.com › 2011/05/15 › booksLincoln Steffens: Muckraker’s Progress - The New York Times

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   May 13, 2011 · Lincoln Steffens isn’t much remembered today, though Peter Hartshorn’s absorbing biography, “I Have Seen the Future,” makes it clear why he should be. As one of the original “muckrakers,”...