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David Greenhill
Fowler Greenhill is a doctor who runs the main clinic in Fort Beulah along with Dr. Olmsted. He is married to Doremus Jessup’s daughter Mary, and he is the father of Jessup’s grandson David. He is loyal, hot-tempered, and generally respected in town for his medical genius. After Doremus Jessup publishes an anti-government editorial in the Daily Informer, Greenhill appears at court to defend Jessup’s character. Annoyed at the interruption, Judge Effingham Swan orders Greenhill executed on the spot—and Shad Ledue and Aras Dilley gladly carry out the order. Greenhill’s death devastates his family, which shows how fascist atrocities inflict profound suffering on ordinary people. In fact, the Jessup family’s grief over Greenhill’s death eventually pushes them to join the New Underground and fight the Windrip dictatorship. Mary later assassinates Effingham Swan to avenge Greenhill’s death.
Dr. Fowler Greenhill Quotes in It Can’t Happen Here
The It Can’t Happen Here quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Fowler Greenhill or refer to Dr. Fowler Greenhill. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 19
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“Cut the cackle, will you, M. J. [Military Judge]? I’ve just come here to tell you that I’ve had enough—everybody’s had enough—of your kidnaping Mr. Jessup—the most honest and useful man in the whole Beulah Valley! Typical low-down sneaking kidnapers! If you think your phony Rhodes-Scholar accent keeps you from being just another cowardly, murdering Public Enemy, in your toy-soldier uniform—”
Swan held up his hand in his most genteel Back Bay manner. “A moment, Doctor, if you will be so good?” And to Shad: “I should think we’d heard enough from the Comrade, wouldn’t you, Commissioner? Just take the bastard out and shoot him.”
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Dr. Fowler Greenhill Quotes in It Can’t Happen Here
The It Can’t Happen Here quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Fowler Greenhill or refer to Dr. Fowler Greenhill. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 19
Quotes
“Cut the cackle, will you, M. J. [Military Judge]? I’ve just come here to tell you that I’ve had enough—everybody’s had enough—of your kidnaping Mr. Jessup—the most honest and useful man in the whole Beulah Valley! Typical low-down sneaking kidnapers! If you think your phony Rhodes-Scholar accent keeps you from being just another cowardly, murdering Public Enemy, in your toy-soldier uniform—”
Swan held up his hand in his most genteel Back Bay manner. “A moment, Doctor, if you will be so good?” And to Shad: “I should think we’d heard enough from the Comrade, wouldn’t you, Commissioner? Just take the bastard out and shoot him.”
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