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For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.
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In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things
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A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated, you carry it around with you, and it nourishes you when you need it.
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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Charles Babbage
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August 28, 1952
(age 72)
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