He possessed an extra vigor, a heightened confidence in him… - John Knowles

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He possessed an extra vigor, a heightened confidence in himself, a serene capacity for affection which saved him. Nothing as he was growing up at home, nothing at Devon, nothing even about the war had broken his harmonious and natural unity. So at last I had.

John Knowles

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John Knowles (September 16, 1926 - November 29, 2001) was an American novelist, best known for his novel A Separate Peace.

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