It is a happy faculty of the mind to slough that which cons… - William Faulkner

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It is a happy faculty of the mind to slough that which conscience refuses to assimilate.

William Faulkner

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William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American novelist and short story writer whose works feature his native state of Mississippi. He was regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century and was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Birth Name: William Cuthbert Falkner

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