“All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.”

"The Shore and the Sea", Further Fables for Our Time (first publication, 1956)
From Fables for Our Time and Further Fables for Our Time

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American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright 1894–1961

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