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Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand. Ezra Pound		Thursday Feb 05, 2026
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About Edwin Whipple

	Edwin Whipple
	(1819-1886) American Lecturer and Critic

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The saddest failures in life are those that come from not putting forth the power and will to succeed. Genius may be almost defined as the faculty of acquiring poverty. Talent repeats, genius creates. Talent is a cistern; genius a fountain. Whenever you find Humor, you find Pathos close by its side.

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