There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.

Jack London

The Call of the Wild

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Topic

Feeling alive The human condition

Author

Jack London

Source

The Call of the Wild

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

London, Jack. The Call of the Wild. Macmillan, 1903, ch. 3.

Current Citation

London, Jack. "The Call of the Wild." The Call of the Wild and Selected Stories. Signet, 2009, ch. 3.

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