The mystery of life is not solved by success, which is an end in itself, but in failure, in perpetual struggle, in becoming.

Patrick White

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Failure Adversity

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Le Mesurier

Author

Patrick White

Source

Voss

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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United Kingdom Europe

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White, Patrick. Voss. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957, ch. 10.

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Source
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

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