Carolina QuotesThere is a sentimental poetry, and it will have to be exposed (not censored. certainly; for to omit criticism of it would deprive us of our fairest chance to combat the sentimental rhetoric of the student’s environment).
Richard M. Weaver Carolinian
Source
“The Power of the Word,” p. 52.
- work
- Language is Sermonic (1970)
- year
- 1970
- locator
- p. 52
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“There is a sentimental poetry, and it will have to be expose…” Richard M. Weaver. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-D4AD45CB38. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/d4ad45cb38
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