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For as fire is kindled by fire, so is a poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.
-John Keble
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For As Fire Is Kindled By Fire,

John Keble
For as fire is kindled by fire, so is a poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.
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One man said, "i looked at my brother through the microscope of criticism, and i said, "how coarse my brother is." then i looked at my brother through the telescope of scorn, and i said, "how small my brother is." then i looked into the mirror of truth and i said, "how like me my brother is."
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