I found that life was a continual struggle for most of us-and this on a plane not much above that of the struggle of wild animals-and that society di… - Art Young

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I found that life was a continual struggle for most of us-and this on a plane not much above that of the struggle of wild animals-and that society dismissed this obvious truth as a negligible factor in determining human conduct as well as our mental and physical well-being. I began to see that this economic battle persisted even in the midst of an exhaustless plenty, and that most humans lived and died trying to succeed in a material sense, in short, to reach the goal of a triumphant animalism.

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About Art Young

Arthur Henry Young (January 14, 1866 – December 29, 1943) was an American political cartoonist.

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Alternative Names: Arthur Henry Young Arthur Young Arthur H. Young
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I have always been sensitive to competent oratory, and from that year to the present time have heard all kinds-most of it I would say, as one of Plutarch's noble Grecians or Romans put it, "tall and lofty like a cypress tree, but bearing no fruit."

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