(...) and it is vain, no doubt, to imagine such a man different from what he is, to suppose that he could have been different. - Matthew Arnold

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(...) and it is vain, no doubt, to imagine such a man different from what he is, to suppose that he could have been different.

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Matthew Arnold (December 24 1822 – April 15 1888) was an English poet, essayist and cultural critic. He also pursued a career as an inspector of schools.

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Only, from the long line of spray
Where the sea meets the moon-blanch'd land,Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in.

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