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LAW & HISTORY > scholar, poet > A E Housman
Great literature should...
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Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.
Source: Quoted in report on Great Books discussion groups; in NY Times, 28 Feb 85
-- A E Housman, (Mar 26 1859-1936), English scholar, poet; His lyrics express a Romantic pessimism in a spare, simple style.