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Christ can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not wholly to blame for the religion that’s been foisted on to him.

Ezra Pound

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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Course Original Question
The history of an art is the history of masterwork, not of failures, or mediocrity.
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Average Failure History Master Work
Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.
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Accurate Fundamental Moral Oneself Writing
Science is unpoetic only to minds jaundiced with sentiment and romanticism, the great masters of the past boasted all they could of it and found it magical.
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Finding Greatness Magic Master Mindset Romanticism Science
The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people.
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Chance Kill Oneself People Problem Reality Right War
Poetry must be as well written as prose.
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Literature Poetry Prose Writing
Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers.
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Better Friendship Pity Remember Rich
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
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Freedom Himself Slave
What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage.
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Heritage True Well
Until you know who has lent what to whom, you know nothing whatever of politics, you know nothing whatever of history, you know nothing of international wrangles.
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History International Politics Yourself
There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight.
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Age Book Growth Man Reason
I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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Definition Mad Man Myself Surround
It doesn’t matter which leg of your table you make first, so long as the table has four legs and will stand up solidly when you have finished it.
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Finish Solid Stand Table Yourself
The only history that matters is the history we know.
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History Known
When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.
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Close Diminish Empire Word
A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.
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Expression Genius Man Mode Right

Christ can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not wholly to blame for the religion that’s been foisted on to him.

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Christ can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not wholly to blame for the religion that’s been foisted on to him.

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