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The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip Sousa, between Sophocles and Shakespeare, between a bicycle and a horse, though explicable by historical moment, necessity, and destiny, is before all a difference of imagination.
Guy Davenport
Guy Davenport
Born: Nov 23, 1927
Died: Jan 4, 2005

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Beer, World, Wine, Bicycle, Before, Imagination, Philip, Bach, Destiny, Though, John, Shakespeare, Horse, Glass, Between, French, Trade, Historical, German, Difference, Center, Mug, Moment, World Trade, Necessity, World Trade Center

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