The conviction of tragedy that rises out of his [John Dos Passos's] work is the steady protest of … - Alfred Kazin

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Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

Alfred Kazin

The conviction of tragedy that rises out of his [John Dos Passos's] work is the steady protest of a sensitive democratic conscience against the tyranny and the ugliness of society, against the failure of a complete human development under industrial capitalism.

Conscience, Development, Failure, Society, Tragedy, Ugliness

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The writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratification, is a curious anticlimax.

Anticlimax, Ideas, Order, Writer, Writes, Writing

One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time, in others' minds.

Home, Make, Mind, Time, Writes, Writing

We never know how much has been missing from our lives until a true writer comes along.

Know How, Knows, Lives, Missing, Writer

Modern American literature was born in protest, born in rebellion, born out of the sense of loss and indirection which was imposed upon the new generations out of the realization that the old formal culture-the "New England idea"-could no longer serve.

England, Ideas, Loss, Modern, Old, Rebellion

To have a sense of history one must consider oneself a piece of history.

History, Oneself, Piece, Pieces, Sense