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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Albert Pike
Born: December 29, 1809
Died: April 2, 1891 (aged 81)
Bio: Albert Pike was an attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason. Albert Pike is one of the only Confederate military officers or figures honored with a statue in Washington, D.C., another being Robert E. Lee.
Known for:
- Book of the Words
- Hymns to the Gods and Other Poems (1839)
- Meaning of Masonry
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