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you cannot define too clearly

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  [begin leaf 1 recto] you cannot define too clearly what it is you love in a poem or in a man or woman.

A work of ^a great poet is not remembered for its parts—but remembered as you remember the complete person ^and spirit of him or her you love.—

Then [erasure] are [erasure] from [erasure] with freedom, justice, [erasure]

When he becomes is vitalized with nationality and individuality from top to toe—when he seizes upon life with simple and masculine power—when he stands out in simple relief, as America does—

bully-poet   [begin leaf 1 verso]
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