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The critic's first labor is the task of distinguishing between men, as history and their works display them, and the ideals which one and another have conspired to urge upon his acceptance.

Edmund Clarence Stedman
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Edmund Clarence Stedman's Popular Quotes

War! war! war! Heaven aid the right! God move the hero's arm in the fearful fight! God send the women sleep in the long, long night, When the breasts…

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Men are egotists, and not all tolerant of one man's selfhood; they do not always deem the amities elective.

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Faith and joy are the ascensive forces of song.

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The weary August days are long; The locusts sing a plaintive song, The cattle miss their master's call When they see the sunset shadows fall.

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Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.

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The imagination never dies.

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A poet must sing for his own people.

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Music waves eternal wands,-- Enchantress of the souls of mortals!

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A critic must accept what is best in a poet, and thus become his best encourager.

- Edmund Clarence Stedman
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