For the poet, the biblical sense of 'know' is as much part … - John Hollander

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For the poet, the biblical sense of 'know' is as much part of nature as the heat of fire, and in the cognative sense as much a given phenomonen as the brightness itself.

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John Hollander (October 28, 1929 – August 17, 2013) was an American poet and literary critic.

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