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Michael Oakeshott on Poetry

1901–1990 England

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Poetry is a sort of truancy, a dream within the dream of life, a wild flower planted among our wheat.
"Political Education" (1951)

Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays (1962)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Michael Oakeshott (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.