"One comes back to the thought that every recognition (with very rare exceptions) should make one mistrustful of one's own work. Basically, if it is good, one can't live to see it recognized: otherwise it's just half good and not heedless enough ... " Rilke, letter 16 October 1907
Bunting in a crossed out notebook entry wrote "The scholar ought to be like the poet, an Ishmael, scouted and feared" ... Wild Ishmael, scornful Ishmael (Milton)
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