"Facing Too Large an Expanse"
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"We spread papers on a table beneath a tree and try to write or add columns of figures; the uneasy leaves, stirred by the wind, the birds in flight, the drone of insects-- that incommensurability between open space and the operations of the mind-- immediately drive us to a place with four walls where our activities seem to acquire importance and dignity."

AUTHOR            Czeslaw Milosz
KEYWORDS      room
GENRE               20th Century Essay

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