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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: January 9, 2014
Caption: Statue of Jack London
Additional Description: The plaque below reads:

“I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze
than it should be stifled by dry rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me
in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."
- Jack London –

Jack London
1876-1916

Monument Sponsors
The Port of Oakland
Buzz and Joan Gibb and the Waterfront Plaza Hotel
Barnes and Noble Bookstore
The Mario J. Lucchi Family
AMPCO Systems Parking/A.B.M. Engineering Services
ACSS Security Services/ and A.B.M. Maintenance Company

Artist: Cedric Wentworth
Submitted: January 12, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p264263
File Size: 3.542 Megabytes

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