Letters and Social AimsJ.R. Osgood, 1876 - 314 pages Poetry and imagination.--Social aims.--Eloquence.--Resources.--The comic.--Quotation and originality.--Progress of culture.--Persian poetry.--Inspiration.--Greatness.--Immortality. |
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