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Ludwig Lewisohn
Lewisohn, Ludwig | November 21, 1923 issue

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The author has a very thoughtful friend who is always pointing out what seems to him a discrepancy in the author's activities, he says that the author is a radical in his notions about life and a classicist in his notions about literature. The author's answer is that he is quite right, that he accepts the imputation and glory in it, provided, of course, that he is permitted to define his terms. A radical is one who insists that men shall live by the use of reason. A classicist is one who has accepted the teaching of the history of literature that the fundamental character of art-form is determined by the medium and the nature of man.

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LITERATURE; HISTORY; FRIENDSHIP; RADICALS; CLASSICISTS; GLORY
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