 We think that, as civilisation advances, poetry almost necessarily declines. Therefore, though we fervently admire those great works of imagination which have appeared in dark ages, we do not admire them the more because they have appeared in dark ages.  Essays, reprinted from the Edinburgh review - Page 3by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874Full view - About this book
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