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    [Corneille] was inspired by Roman authors and Roman spirit, Racine with delicacy by the polished court of Louis XIV.
    Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    Whenever the moon and stars are set,
    Whenever the wind is high,
    All night long in the dark and wet,
    A man goes riding by.
    —Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

    Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.
    —Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)