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  Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
A, Be, Cannot, Gem, Man, Nor, Perfected, Polished, Without
A, Be, Friction, Gem, Man, Nor, Polished, Trials
www.brainyquote.com /quotes/quotes/l/luciusanna162971.html   (83 words)

  
 The Literary Encyclopedia: Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A long narrative poem with an exalted style and heroic theme.
A polished, terse and witty remark that packs generalised knowledge into short compass.
A short quotation cited at the start of a book or chapter to point up its theme and associate its content with learning.
www.literaryencyclopedia.com /glossaryAL.php   (2129 words)

  
 Soren Kierkegaard [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
The article, published pseudonymously, was so clever and polished that some people mistook it for the work of Heiberg himself.
These devices are meant to undermine the authority of the author, so any "truths" contained in the text cannot merely be learned by rote or appropriated "objectively." Instead, the text is meant to supply a polished surface in which the reader comes to see him or herself.
The manner in which the reader appropriates the text, understands it, and judges it will disclose more about the reader than about the text.
www.iep.utm.edu /k/kierkega.htm   (11257 words)

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