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Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.
Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.
In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.
In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.
You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the read more
You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! Here, you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries... - Melting Pot, The.
Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
The walls are the publishers of the poor.
The walls are the publishers of the poor.
A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.
The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive read more
The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
