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Balancing acts: essays

This book compiles a series of essays that delve into the concept of balance, examining its application in personal, professional, and societal settings. The essays may cover a range of topics, including psychology, philosophy, and practical advice for achieving harmony in life. more

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Edward Hoagland
Edward Hoagland

Edward Hoagland is an American author known for his profound insights into the relationship between humans and nature. His work is typically presented in the form of prose, exploring the connections between humans, cities, and rural areas. Born on December 21, 1932, Hoagland's writing career spanned over half a century, with works including novels, poetry, and essays. more

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“When you set about your composing, it may be necessary for your ease, and better distillation of wit, to put on your worst clothes, and the worse the better; for an author, like a limbeck, will yield the better for having a rag about him: besides that, I have observed a gardener cut the outward rind of a tree (which is the surtout of it) to make it bear well; and this is a natural account of the usual poverty of poets, and is an argument why wits, of all men living, ought to be ill clad.”

“Schoolchildren all over America are told to write to authors-often to authors whom they have never before heard of, whose work they are to young to understand in the least, and often in letters which are almost illiterate. If children are to be taught to respect the work of American poets I think some better way might be found to do so- some way which would not make such an inconsiderate demand on the author's time.”