Human beings suffer agonies, and their sad fates become legends; poets write verses about them and playwrights compose dramas, and the remembrance of past grief becomes a source of present pleasure - such is the strange alchemy of the spirit.
Upton SinclairAbout author
- Author's profession: Author
- Nationality: american
- Born: September 20, 1878
- Died: November 25, 1968
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