Thursday 25 December 2014

When JRR Tolkien was asked for proof of Aryan descent in Germany, 1938…

When JRR Tolkien was asked for proof of Aryan descent in Germany, 1938, he replied, “If impertinent and irrelevant inquiries of this sort are to become the rule in matters of literature, then the time is not far distant when a German name will no longer be a source of pride.”






from Crazy Facts http://ift.tt/1xPdfXn

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