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His impondce, his rpprecidion is ft. appreiation ol his kinship trnh $e poels and<br />
3riht5 <strong>of</strong>de pls| seneraions. One mnot vllue a poer alone. Every po.t or dkr is b<br />
b. jlds€d and crirically *dded r€aici th. poets anJ disr <strong>of</strong> lh( snc lom oarhc<br />
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wo . for c<strong>it</strong>ic.l comp€risn. ed il should nor b€ &len as m€Ely e id@ <strong>of</strong>hisloicql<br />
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cuhurc sd lhcEture. Wh.n . poet pdsnls a nc$ .rcdtion rhar ir .har&rerisrirdl])<br />
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indi|lbly bejudged bylhe dandrds ol the pa$.ln sarins dat an anisl is finally lo be<br />
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