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> I am absolutely unsure what you can say is an "absolute term" in judging
> poetry:
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My "absolute" applied to "numbers," not to "good."
> I have an intriguing little volume called iffin's Poetical Works, with
> the flyleaf missing so the poet remains forever mysterious (unless
> someone here knows better).
Probably the early 19th century Irish poet and playright Gerald Griffin,
who
is best known for his play Grisippus, which I believe no one has ever read.
> There have always been
> iffins. Often they were very popular. So what?
They may have been popular, but they were also always laughable among the
literate. Today they are what passes for the literate.
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When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty,
and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up
some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
-- Plato
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