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There was no need to hurry that future—yet the length of his own youth pressed upon him. Whatever he was to do next he wanted to begin now. But how to begin and on what?
There was no need to hurry that future—yet the length of his own youth pressed upon him. Whatever he was to do next he wanted to begin now. But how to begin and on what?
Approximate author period: c. 1932 AD · modern
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- Pearl S. Buck
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- Approximate author period: c. 1932 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1892 to 1973; Wikidata Q80900, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80900 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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