Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... ( born in Cold Spring , N. Y. , December 13 , 1845 ; - - ) , delivered at the University of Virginia , Charlottesville , on the occasion of the unveiling of the Zolney bust of Edgar Allan Poe , October 7 , 1899 , the fiftieth anniversary ...
... ( born in Cold Spring , N. Y. , December 13 , 1845 ; - - ) , delivered at the University of Virginia , Charlottesville , on the occasion of the unveiling of the Zolney bust of Edgar Allan Poe , October 7 , 1899 , the fiftieth anniversary ...
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... born first in the boy's temper and spirit and ideals , and born again in the strug- gles of experience , so the creative imagination of a race is shaped , colored , and formed largely in the earliest con- tacts of that race with nature ...
... born first in the boy's temper and spirit and ideals , and born again in the strug- gles of experience , so the creative imagination of a race is shaped , colored , and formed largely in the earliest con- tacts of that race with nature ...
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... born five years earlier than Poe - so like him in certain aspects of his genius , so unlike him in temperament and character - destined to divide with him the highest hon- ors of American authorship , was hidden in that fortunate ...
... born five years earlier than Poe - so like him in certain aspects of his genius , so unlike him in temperament and character - destined to divide with him the highest hon- ors of American authorship , was hidden in that fortunate ...
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... born . This passion , which is always striving to realize its own imperishableness in the perfection of its work , and to con- tinue unbroken the record of creative activity among men , possessed Poe in his best moments , and bore fruit ...
... born . This passion , which is always striving to realize its own imperishableness in the perfection of its work , and to con- tinue unbroken the record of creative activity among men , possessed Poe in his best moments , and bore fruit ...
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... born a century later his verse and prose might have come closer to the heart of his people , without losing that exquisite fineness which reveals the rare and beautiful quality of his genius . It is hardly pos- sible to miss the ...
... born a century later his verse and prose might have come closer to the heart of his people , without losing that exquisite fineness which reveals the rare and beautiful quality of his genius . It is hardly pos- sible to miss the ...
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