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Rh Every flash shall be a revelation, an insult, The glaring flame turned on depths, on heights, on
 * suns, on stars,

On the interior and exterior of man or woman, On the laws of Nature—on passive materials, On what you called death—and what to you therefore
 * was death,

As far as there can be death.



for Creations, For strong artists and leaders—for fresh broods of
 * teachers, and perfect literats for America,

For diverse savans, and coming musicians.

There shall be no subject but it shall be treated with
 * reference to the ensemble of the world, and the
 * compact truth of the world—And no coward or
 * copyist shall be allowed;

There shall be no subject too pronounced—All works
 * shall illustrate the divine law of indirections;

There they stand—I see them already, each poised
 * and in its place,

Statements, models, censuses, poems, dictionaries,
 * biographies, essays, theories—How complete!
 * How relative and interfused! No one supersedes
 * another;

They do not seem to me like the old specimens, Rh