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... feel that duty is our place . The soul is no traveler ; the wise man stays at home , and when his necessities , his duties , on any occasion call him from his house , or into foreign lands , he is at home still and shall make men ...
... feel that duty is our place . The soul is no traveler ; the wise man stays at home , and when his necessities , his duties , on any occasion call him from his house , or into foreign lands , he is at home still and shall make men ...
Page 125
... feel that a poem wakens in the reader's conscious- ness memory after memory , complex , minute , and exact , just as moonlight , against the motionless , durable , illimitable night , etches out twigs and leaves and innumerable ...
... feel that a poem wakens in the reader's conscious- ness memory after memory , complex , minute , and exact , just as moonlight , against the motionless , durable , illimitable night , etches out twigs and leaves and innumerable ...
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... feel less - freak- ish ! ( Crosses L. , sits on small table . ) Now he will feel more at home with the other horses , the ones who don't have horns . . . . JIM . ( Sits on arm of armchair R. , faces Laura . ) I'm glad to see that you ...
... feel less - freak- ish ! ( Crosses L. , sits on small table . ) Now he will feel more at home with the other horses , the ones who don't have horns . . . . JIM . ( Sits on arm of armchair R. , faces Laura . ) I'm glad to see that you ...
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BERNARD MALAMUD | 20 |
THE NOBEL PRIZE 27 | 64 |
RALPH ELLISON | 75 |
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