Brain Pickings by Maria Popova

John Steinbeck’s Stunning, Sobering, Buoyant Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

John Steinbeck’s Stunning, Sobering, Buoyant Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

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“A writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.” “Mankind is challenged, as it has never been challenged before, to prove its maturity and its mastery — not of nature, but of itself. Therein lies our hope and our destiny,” …

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