Ernst Hanfstaengl vs. Anthony Trollope
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Ernst Hanfstaengl
1887 – 1975
Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl was a German American businessman and close friend of Adolf Hitler. He eventually fell out of favour with Hitler and defected from Nazi Germany to the United States. He later worked for Franklin D.
"The place looks like a delicatessen... You could have opened up a flower and fruit and wine shop with all the stuff stacked there. People were sending presents …"
Anthony Trollope
1815 – 1882
Anthony Trollope was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among the best-known of his 47 novels are two series of six novels each collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire and the Palliser novels, as well as The Way We Live Now. His novels address political, social, and gender issues and other topical matters.
"It is easy to love one's enemy when one is making fine speeches; but so difficult to do so in the actual everyday work of life."
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