To do that would mean, not merely to be defeated, but to acknowledge defeat- and the difference between these two things is what keeps the world going. (Upton Sinclair)

To do that would mean, not merely to be defeated, but to acknowledge defeat- and the difference between these two things is what keeps the world going.

Upton Sinclair

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