"By virtue of this science the poet is……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson

By virtue of this science the poet is the Namer, or Language-maker,… - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"By virtue of this science the poet is the Namer, or Language-maker, naming things sometimes after their appearance, sometimes after their essence, and giving to every one its own name and not another's, thereby rejoicing the intellect, which delights in detachment or boundary."

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