In Steinbeck country
(LordHarris, at English Language Wikipedia; click to enlarge)
Steinbeck\u2019s novel \u201cCannery Row\u201d was first published\u00a0in 1945.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nJohn Steinbeck (d. 1968)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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