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The soul has to find and hold its ground against hostile forces, sometimes embodied in ideas which frequently deny its very existence, and which indeed often seem to be trying to annul it altogether.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
Author
Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
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Solomon Bellows
Find
Seem
Embodied
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Altogether
Trying
Existence
Hostile
Force
Frequently
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Forces
Seems
Deny
Soul
Indeed
Ideas
Ground
Annul

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