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Quote by Lafcadio Hearn
I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the

I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry. – Lafcadio Hearn

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But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Beauty
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Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of mans life in Europe or America, and that everything depends upon it. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Marriage
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A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind. – Lafcadio Hearn

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My mother carried on and supported us her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. – Philip Levine

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That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been. – Lascelles Abercrombie

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Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. – John Barton

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Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement. – Christopher Fry

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