For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers

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For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment. - Matthew Arnold

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Poet, 1822 - 1888

Born:24th December, 1822
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Starsign: Capricorn

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