"I'm not sure he's wrong about automobiles," he said. "With all their speed forward they may be a step backward in civilization — that is, in spiritual civilization. It may be that they will not add to the beauty of the world, nor to the life of men's souls. I am not sure. But automobiles have come, and they bring a greater change in our life than most of us suspect."
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Pulitzer Prize winnersNovelists from the United StatesPeople from IndianapolisPlaywrights from the United StatesPrinceton University alumni
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The Magnificent Ambersons (1918), Ch. 19
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Booth Tarkington
Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist. He is one of the three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.
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