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"In the critic's vocabulary, the word "precursor" is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The fact is that every writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future."
-- Essay: "Kafka and his Precursors"
— Jorge Luis Borges
-- Essay: "Kafka and his Precursors"
— Jorge Luis Borges
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