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Rhythm must have meaning.

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Poetry must be as well written as prose.
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Literature Poetry Prose Writing
Poets who are not interested in music are, or become, bad poets.
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Bad Interest Music Poet
Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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Fight Flag Yourself
Rhythm must have meaning.
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Meaning One Liner Rhythm
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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Blame Hero Himself Religion Stand Wisdom
Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry.
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Artist Green Invention Learning Place True World
I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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Definition Mad Man Myself Surround
The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Holy Sale Temple
The what is so much more important than how.
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Important Reason
Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity.
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Complication Death Himself Man Organism
Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap.
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Advertisement Science Soap Way
If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.
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Approval Ban Believe Music View
Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something.
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Adjective Reveal Word
Liberty is not a right but a duty.
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Duty Liberty One Liner Right
I found after seventy years that I was not a lunatic but a moron, I should have been able to do better.
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Better Finding Mental Myself
If a man isn’t willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he’s no good.
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Himself Man Opinion Risk Willing

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