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But Racine's extraordinary powers as a writer become still more obvious when we consider that besides being a great poet he is also a great psychologist.

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Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.

~Lytton Strachey

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Critic

Born: March 1st, 1880

Died: January 21st, 1932

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