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Let it never be forgotten that it is not by means of war that states are rendered fit for the enjoyment of constitutional freedom; on the contrary, whilst terror and bloodshed reign in the land, involving men's minds in the extremities of hopes and fears, there can be no process of thought, no education going on, by which alone can a people be prepared for the enjoyment of rational liberty.

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About Robert Joseph Flaherty

Robert Joseph Flaherty

Robert Joseph Flaherty

Robert Joseph Flaherty (16 February 1884, Iron Mountain, Michigan - 23 July 1951, Dummerston, Vermont) was a filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful feature length documentary film ( Nanook of the North ) in 1922. He was married to writer Frances H. Flaherty from 1914 until his death in 1951. Frances worked on several of Flaherty's films, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story for Louisiana Story (1948).

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