Steffens

[ stef-uh nz ]

/ ˈstɛf ənz /

noun

(Joseph) Lincoln,1866–1936, U.S. author, journalist, and editor.

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Examples from the Web for steffens

To govern a life insurance company, Mr. Steffens argued, was just as much "government" as to run a city.
A Preface to Politics|Walter Lippmann
A new epoch in the language began, and the rapidity and matchless facility of the new poetry was the wonder of Steffens himself.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2|Various
A worthy professor at the University of Breslau, named Steffens, had long been meditating on some means of helping his country.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)|John Holland Rose
Steffens, Lincoln, on the wealthy business man as a corruptor of municipal politics, 289.
The Spirit of American Government|J. Allen Smith

Under the immediate direction of Steffens, hlenschlger began an entirely new poetic style, and destroyed all his earlier verses.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for steffens

Steffens

/ (ˈstɛfənz) /

noun

(Joseph) Lincoln. 1866–1936, US political analyst, known for his exposure of political corruption

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