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Part I, section x, stanza 6
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And ah for a man to arise in me,
That the man I am may cease to be!

— Alfred, Lord Tennyson

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "And ah for a man to arise in me,
That the man I am may cease to be!" in the context of "Part I, section x, stanza 6" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign, after William Wordsworth, and is one of the most popular English poets.