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Democracy
“The flag goes with the foul landscape, and our jargon muffles the drum…
Farewell here, no matter where. Conscripts of good will, ours will be a ferocious philosophy; ignorant as to science, rabid for comfort; and let the rest of the world croak. This is the real advance. Marching orders, let’s go!”

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“This eternal art will have its function since poets are citizens. Poetry will no longer accompany action but will lead it.”

“I witness the birth of my thought: I look at it, I listen to it: I give a stroke of the bow: the symphony begins to stir in the depths or comes bursting onto the stage.”