The American Omen

09/15/1928 Garet Garrett

Originally appeared serially as "The American Book of Wonder" in The Saturday Evening Post.

Writes Garrett,

Freedom as we know it is a condition of ego. Prosperity is a condition of things. Increase these satisfactions to any degree and there is still that knowledge of incompleteness which torments the spirit.

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Garet Garrett

Garet Garrett (1878–1954) was an American journalist and author who was noted for his critiques of the New Deal and US involvement in the Second World War.

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References

E.P. Dutton, 1928

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