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From Quotes by Guy Davenport
- Something of the previous state, however, survives every change. This is called in the language of cybernetics (which took it form the language of machines)…
- It is worthwhile adding that the power of the poem to teach not only sensibilities and the subtle movements of the spirit but knowledge, real…
- Originality houses many rooms, and the views from the windows are all different.
- Poetry and fiction have grieved for a century now over the loss of some vitality which they think they see in a past from which…
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