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For a country without a past is nothing, a word That, hardly spoken, loses its meaning, A perishable wall destroyed by flame, An echo of animal emotions.
Czeslaw Milosz
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Czeslaw Milosz
Age: 93 †
Born: 1911
Born: June 30
Died: 2004
Died: August 14
Diplomat
Essayist
Pedagogue
Poet
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
Clarksburg
West Virginia
MiĆosz
Czelaw Milosz
Word
Hardly
Past
Destroyed
Without
Emotions
Perishable
Nothing
Meaning
Echo
Country
Wall
Echoes
Emotion
Flame
Loses
Spoken
Animal
Flames
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