A general loathing of a gang or sect u.. Ezra Pound

A general loathing of a gang or sect usually has some sound basis in instinct.

Evil

Ezra Pound

Profession: Poet
Nationality: American

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The image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

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A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.

Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

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Allow me to say that I would long since have committed suicide had desisting made me a professor of Latin.

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The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

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