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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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13.7.02

is there a comparable image for this? what would it look like? of course there's grief and carnage and horror and desolation of a kind. but that's it. of a kind. degree matters. these are boys with stones against tanks. look. there it is, clearly. it takes more than character flaws and racial stupidity to move a young boy to go up against a tank with a rock. it takes heart. lots of it.

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