Quotation by Edgar Allan Poe

He must be theory-mad beyond redemption who ... shall ... persist in attempting to reconcile the obstinate oils and waters of Poetry and Truth.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), U.S. author. "The Poetic Principle," Sartain's (1850).

Self-division precipitating disintegration.
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