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The best figurative poetry speaks not to the frivolous intellect, but (if anything does) straight to the heart; and does it better than plain prose. There seems then to be something which is better said with metaphor than without, which goes straighter to its mark by going crooked, and hits its aim exactly by flying off at tangents.

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Austin Farrer

Born: October 1, 1904
Died: December 29, 1968 (aged 64)
Bio: Austin Marsden Farrer, FBA was an English theologian and philosopher. His activity in philosophy, theology, and spirituality led many to consider him the outstanding figure of 20th-century Anglicanism. He served as Warden of Keble College, Oxford from 1960 to 1968.
Known for:
  1. Essential Sermons
  2. The End of Man

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