Vintage fold-open card with a typed quote by him signed in black ink by Pierre Van Paassen. Some light edge wear, otherwise, in good condition. Pierre van Paassen (February 7, 1895 – January 8, 1968) was a Dutch–Canadian-American journalist, writer, and Unitarian minister. He was born in Gorinchem, Netherlands, then emigrated with his parents to Canada in 1914. After entering a seminary, he served as a missionary to Ruthenian immigrants in the Alberta hinterland, where he helped with medical work. In 1917 he left theological school to serve with the Canadian army in France in World War I as an infantryman and sapper.