"We have developed an allergy to poetry; like the allergy to peanuts, but
often worse. Take allegory, for instance. In the modern mind, it can
induce a stroke. Most of the Bible, to say nothing of other significant
literary works, has become unreadable or incomprehensible to us, because
we cannot take “play” seriously"
-- David Warren
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