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And older still, he might have divined the true reason: that the element of fire spoke to some deep mainspring of his father's being, as the element of steel or of powder spoke to other men, as the one weapon for the preservation of integrity.

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William Faulkner

William Faulkner

Profession: Novelist
Nationality: American

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