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“Life without literature is a life reduced to penury.”

Quote by M. H. Abrams

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M. H. Abrams, a renowned American literary critic, was born on July 23, 1912, and passed away on April 21, 2015. His works have had a profound impact on literary criticism in the 20th century. more

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“If you don't set your writing - teaching - at a level that makes them stretch, they are never going to develop their intellectual muscle.”

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“We have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. [on the death of Pope John Paul II”

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“Genius . . . arises in the natural, aboriginal concern for the conscious unity of all phenomena.”

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