Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man. (Ezra Pound)

Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man.

Ezra Pound

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