American individualism, much celebrated and cherished, has developed w…

Wallace Stegner
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American individualism, much celebrated and cherished, has developed without its essential corrective, which is belonging. ✨ Wallace Earle Stegner (1987). The American West as Living Space, p.23, University of Michigan Press
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