Newt’s World – Episode 174: The Triumph of the Human Spirit

Coming to the end of 2020, many of us feel overwhelmed by all the challenges we have faced this year – whether it’s politics, COVID, the economy or the lockdowns. Newt reflects on the inspirational words of William Faulkner’s 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature banquet speech: “I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail.”


William Faulkner Biography – Famous Authors

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949 – The Nobel Prize

William Faulkner – Nobel Prize in Literature Speech – December 10, 1950

William Faulkner Interview – The Paris Review (1956)