To like Keats is a test of fitness for understanding poetry, just as t…

George Gissing
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To like Keats is a test of fitness for understanding poetry, just as to like Shakespeare is a test of general mental capacity.
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To like Keats is a test of fitness for understanding poetry, just as to like Shakespeare is a test of general mental capacity.

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