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The prize unwon.

Publisher	Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc.
Publication	Quadrant
Subject	Literature/writing
Format	Magazine/Journal
ISSN	0033-5002
Issues per Year	10
Volume	49
Issue	5
Published	2005-05-01

Role	Type	Name
Author	n/a	John Dawson
Person	Ethical aspects	Ayn Rand
Person	Beliefs, opinions and attitudes	Ayn Rand
Person	Criticism and interpretation	Ayn Rand
Person	Ethical aspects	George Watson
Person	Beliefs, opinions and attitudes	George Watson
Person	Criticism and interpretation	George Watson

   The man on the left is a man undone,
   He'd give you his soul, if you asked him for some.
   A child in his way, for he needs to believe
   That truth is a song, for each man to sing.

   The man on the right is a prize unwon,
   A candle unlit and a song unsung.
   Believing that truth is a dreamer's dream,
   And what will become, of the man in between.

--"Lady Magdelene" by Neil Diamond (adapted)

As NEIL DIAMOND FANS will have noticed, this adapted version of his lyrics has the man on the fight and the man on the left reversed. To quote another song from...

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