The sense of liberty and power, and of belief in the capaci… - Walter Raleigh

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The sense of liberty and power, and of belief in the capacity and destiny of man, which was quickened by the new discoveries, distinguishes the literature of the Elizabethan age from the great backward-looking periods of romance. It is a literature of youth and hope, with none of the subtle and poignant flavours that are to be tasted in a literature of regret and memory.

Walter Raleigh

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Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh (5 September 1861 – 13 May 1922) was an English scholar, poet and author.

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Alternative Names: Sir Walter Raleigh • Walter Alexander Raleigh • Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh

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Thomas Carlyle Randall Jarrell Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay Clive James Samuel Johnson

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