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When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that.
— M. H. Abrams
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About M. H. Abrams
Meyer (Mike) Howard Abrams (23 July 1912 – 22 April 2015) was an American literary critic, known for works on Romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition (1971).
About M. H. Abrams
Meyer (Mike) Howard Abrams (23 July 1912 – 22 April 2015) was an American literary critic, known for works on Romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition (1971).
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