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The mirror that strindberg held up to nature was a cracked one. it was cracked in a double sense -- it was crazy. it gave back broken images of a world which it made look like the chaos of a lunatic dream.
-Robert Wilson Lynd
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The Mirror That Strindberg Held Up To

Robert Wilson Lynd
The mirror that strindberg held up to nature was a cracked one. it was cracked in a double sense -- it was crazy. it gave back broken images of a world which it made look like the chaos of a lunatic dream.
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