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Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.

Ezra Pound

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Ezra Pound
Age: 87 †
Born: 1885
Born: October 30
Died: 1972
Died: November 1
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install me in any profession Save this damn'd profession of writing, where one needs one's brains all the time.
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