If the most significant characteristic of man is the complex of biological needs he shares with all members of his species, then the best lives for the writer to observe are those in which the role of natural necessity is clearest, namely, the lives of the very poor.
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Every high C accurately struck demolishes the theory that we are the irresponsible puppets of fate or chance.
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