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It is I am sure a kind of unorthodoxy, and considered thus by some, I hear my master say (I resume my station, still flustered and with a madly working heart), but it is my conviction that the more religiously and intellectually enlightened a Negro is made, the better for himself, his master, and the commonweal.

William Styron

It is I am sure a kind of unorthodoxy, and considered thus by some, I hear my master say (I resume my station, still flustered and with a madly working heart), but it is my conviction that the more religiously and intellectually enlightened a Negro is made, the better for himself, his master, and the commonweal.

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About William Styron

William Clark Styron Jr. (June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006) was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work.