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There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated

There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination. – Lionel Trilling

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Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. – Lionel Trilling

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Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony. – Lionel Trilling

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On the one hand, the guns were there to help capture the imagination of the people. But more important, since we knew that you couldnt observe the police without guns, we took our guns with us to let the police know that we have an equalizer. – Bobby Seale

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The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling. – Henry David Thoreau

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