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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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6.1.02

another tale of the sea and the folly of men.
the horror was there already it's the phone and the journalism, the words in print and the invitation to imagine, every day I suppose another one, you could find someone who's compiling them all, but it cheapens the pain which is the vivifying spark, it's the pain that makes it significant, the pain of hearing, the pain of knowing, it's real, a real man, his real son, and the poor sonsabitches in the Coast Guard doing everything they could and LISTENING to their failure.

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