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John Steinbeck

“He did not know, and perhaps this doctor did. And he could not take the chance of pitting his certain ignorance against this man's possible knowledge. He was trapped as his people were always trapped, and would be until, as he had said, they could be sure that the things in the books ere really in the books.”

John Steinbeck, The Pearl
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The Pearl The Pearl by John Steinbeck
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