Word: complexe
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Dates: during 1874-1874
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...muse of poetry venture over into the stern and barren fields of philosophy. It has been said that Locke only needed rhyme to become a poet. We submit respectfully to the author the propriety of turning his work into a metrical form. To revel in a lyric on the "Complex Modes of Extension or Duration and Expansion as measured by Number"! His metaphors are abundant, and show that he had a constant struggle to keep his poetical nature in restraint. His comparison of a sleeping man to an oyster or cockle, his simile in regard to the brains, - that some...
...acting natural, the plot complex...