![Why shouldn't we, so generally addicted to the gigantic, at last have some small works of art, some short poems, short pieces of music [...], some intimate, low-voiced, and delicate things in our mostly huge and roaring, glaring world?](/assets/img/quote-photos/why-shouldnt-we-so-generally-addicted-to-the-gigantic-at-last-have-some-small.jpg)
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