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M. H. Abrams Quote

“The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.”

— M. H. Abrams

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It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable.

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Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.

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The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.

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