Photocopy of a typed note on the word "surpass"

Title: Photocopy of a typed note on the word "surpass"
Creator: Probably Muriel Rukeyser
Description: Dated December 1st, 1942. Photocopy of a typed note written by an unknown person, most likely Rukeyser, on the word “surpass”: “Somehow, the word for surpassing, the word for a tremendous spiritual effort that will bring our total culture through, discarding and refining as it strengthens–that word is needed.” Handwritten notes in Rukeyser’s handwriting:”by a tremendous and total effort, one civilization can grow in every part so that it can forever crush the fascist threat of brutalizing [?] whatever good we have gained, and killing a great part of both good and evil.”
Date Created: December 1st, 1942
Original Object Type: Paper
Subject: Muriel Rukeyser; poetry; definitions; 1942
Collection Location: Box 1 Folder 5
Cataloger: Latitude Brown