I never truckled; I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. By God, I told them the truth.
"Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr." was an American novelist during the Progressive Era, writing predominantly in the naturalism (literature)/naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague (1899), The Octopus: A Story of California (1901), and The Pit (Norris novel)/The Pit (1903).
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The function of the novelist . . . is to comment upon life as he sees it.
No art that is not in the end understood by the People can live or ever did live a single generation.
Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.
The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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