"Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul."
"A man must have limits and cannot give in to the wild desires to be everything and everyone and everything to everyone."
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Source: SAUL BELLOW (1944). “DANGLING MAN”
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