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III. KNOWLEDGE
What knows the critic of the book?As much, it may be, as the rook,
Perched on the high cathedral tower,
Knows of the solemn organ's power
That heaves below with tides of sound,
Ebbing and flowing all around;
As much, it may be, as at Rome,
The fly upon St. Peter's dome
Knows of the architect's design,
Who planned and built that fane divine!
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