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“I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb. Ineffable socialities are in me. I would sit down and dine with you and all the gods in old Romes Pantheon. It is a strange feelingno hopefulness is in it, no despair. Contentthat is it; and irresponsibility; but without licentious inclination.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
“They who in folly or mere greed
Enslaved religion, markets, laws,
Borrow our language now and bid
Us to speak up in freedoms cause.”
—Cecil Day Lewis (19041972)
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