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Poetry . .. has sanctioned the great error of separating the force of Lahor from
Art. Alfred de Vigny"s denunciation of the railroads is succeeded by Verhaeren's
invective against the 'tentacled cities. Poetry has taken flight from the forms of
modern civilization . . . . It has not understood that the elements of art can he
found in any human activity whatsoever, and that its own powers are diminished
by its refusal to entertain the possibility of inspiration in the things actually surrounding
it." Pierre Hamp, "La Litttrature, image de la societe," Encyclopedie
fraru;aise, vol. 16, A,.ts et litte,.atu.,.es dans la societe contemporaine,
1935>, p. 64.
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