People: People, Apr. 3, 1950

The Specialist's Eye

For his 75th birthday, Poet Robert Frost received the "felicitations of the nation" from the U.S. Senate. Said Frost, who spends his spare time "puttering" about his 300-acre Vermont farm: "Twenty acres of land for every man would be the answer to all the world's problems. It would show them their burdens as well as their privileges." Being called a poet was embarrassing, Farmer Frost added. "I call myself a 'teacher' on my income tax report, but next year I'm going to put down 'resigned.' When they ask me, 'Resigned from...

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