February 2012
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CREATIVE GENIUS
In most histories of German and European literature Hamann...
– The seventh chapter titled “Creative Genius” of the nine chapter book by Isaiah Berlin concerning Georg Johann Hamann “The Magus of the North”
Always and ever loath to discuss matters of genius, i nonetheless scanned and posted this in part because of its excellence in an...
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Thou forgettest me.
– Sappho, from a fragment translated by J. B. Hare (via proustitute)
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Have you ever while pond’ring the ways of the morn,
Thought to save...
– http://byneddiejingo.blogspot.com/2005/03/greetings-from-fort-mudge.html
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The Jug
Once the Baal Shem said to his disciples: “Just as the strength...
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Once, Rav Simcha Bunim of Peshischa was crossing a bridge over a rushing river...