The major abstraction is the idea of man And major man is its exponent, abler In the abstract than in his singular, More fecund as principle than particle. (Wallace Stevens)

The major abstraction is the idea of man And major man is its exponent, abler In the abstract than in his singular, More fecund as principle than particle.

Wallace Stevens

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