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"Rem tene, verba sequentur: grasp the subject, and the words will follow. This, I believe, is the opposite of what happens with poetry, which is more a case of verba tene, res sequenter: grasp the words, and the subject will follow."
— Umberto Eco (Postscript to the Name of the Rose)
— Umberto Eco (Postscript to the Name of the Rose)
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