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On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that fr

On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people. – Hu Shih

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Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility. – Hu Shih

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What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty. – Hu Shih

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After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country. – Hu Shih

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He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Poetry and prayer are very similar. – Carol Ann Duffy

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I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat. – Alfred Edward Housman

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The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry. – Lafcadio Hearn

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