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...severae Musae tragoediae quibus tantum borribiles irae et mortes pallidae placent. Et non Venus benigna inter nos incedit sed illa Venus dirissima quae tantummodo incastos ritus saeviter fovet. O collegium Harvardianum, quale exemplum maestissimum ver et Venus tibi protulit! Ubinam gentium sunt Nymphae Gratiaeque decentes? Cur nihil nisi membra disiecta? Nam hac in Senecae fabula Ration Stoica nihil potest, et ubique regnat Furor et Cupido ct Caedesl Phaedra enim cui voluptas effrenata maximum habet imperium, noverca nec innocens nec Fato percussa, mala ex libidine constituit suum privignum Hippolytum stuprare. Qui tamen, documentum nobis omnibus gravissimum, ex nimis pura castitate tantum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: De Phaedra Nostra | 4/22/1955 | See Source »

...sign, the congregation, mostly female, rushed forward to the books, fell upon them, tore them page from page, and carried them, disiecta membra, to an incinerator in the rear. The organ played, the choir sang, the evangelist continued to lead the exultant cries of the good Christians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Book-Business | 3/3/1924 | See Source »

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