The bubbly play of wit, the chesty laughs, the resonant voi… - Jack London

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The bubbly play of wit, the chesty laughs, the resonant voices of men when glass in hand they shut the grey world outside and prod their brains with the fun and folly of an accelerated pulse.

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John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist.

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Birth Name: John Griffith Chaney

Alternative Names: John Griffith "Jack" London • John Griffith Chaney London • John Griffith "Jack London" Chaney

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Do you know that the only value life has is what life puts upon itself? And it is of course over-estimated, since it is a necessity prejudiced in its own favor. ...There is plenty more life demanding to be born. ...He was worth nothing to the world. The supply is too large.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.

He was not immoral, but merely unmoral.

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