The Corner

Living Well But Not Nobly — The Quote

Looks like John Updike, at least according to Wm. Bennett: “John Updike has

written: ‘The fact that compared to the inhabitants of Africa and Russia, we

still live well cannot ease the pain of feeling we no longer live nobly.’”

John Derbyshire — Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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