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The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit__or gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and love. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally flags of hope and of emulation. I hold that a writer who does not believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.__teinbeck Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
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The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit__or gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and love. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally flags of hope and of emulation. I hold that a writer who does not believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.__teinbeck Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

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