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Edgar Allan Poe Quotes: A poem in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science by having for its immediate object, pleasure, not truth.
         

A poem in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science by having for its immediate object, pleasure, not truth.


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I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

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