Sydney Harris
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Sydney J. Harris (14 September 1917–8 December 1986) was an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and later the Chicago Sun-Times. His column, “Strictly Personal,” was syndicated in many newspapers throughout the United States and Canada.
He was born in London but grew up in Chicago, where he spent the rest of his life. He attended high school with Saul Bellow, who was his lifelong friend.
He became a member of the editorial staff of the Chicago Daily News in 1941 and began his column in 1944. His work landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents.
He was also a drama critic, teacher, and lecturer, and he received numerous honorary doctorates during his career. In 1980–1982 he was the Visiting Scholar at Lenoir-Rhyne College in North Carolina. For many years he was a member of the Usage Panel of the American Heritage Dictionary.
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[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Collected Columns
- Strictly Personal (1953)
- Majority of One (1957)
- Last Things First (1961)
- On the Contrary (1964)
- Leaving the Surface (1968)
- For the Time Being (1972)
- The Best of Sydney J. Harris (1975)
- Pieces of Eight (1982)
- Clearing the Ground (1986)
[edit] Other Books
- The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma (1972)
- Winners and Losers (1973)
- Would You Believe? (1979)
[edit] Quotations
- The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers (Unknown date)
- Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in. (Unknown date)
- When I hear somebody sigh that Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what? (Unknown date)
- The good person loves people and uses things, while the bad person loves things and uses people. (Unknown date)
- Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. (Unknown date)
[edit] References
- Staff report (December 8, 1986). Sydney Harris, a Columnist And Author, Dies in Chicago. New York Times
