Classical Era

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    Classical art, in a word, stands for form; romantic art for content. The romantic artist expects people to ask, What has he got to say? The classical artist expects them to ask, How does he say it?
    —R.G. (Robin George)

    How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)