Vibrating Drum Head

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    ... the structure of a page of good prose is, analyzed logically, not something frozen but the vibrating of a bridge, which changes with every step one takes on it.
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    Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note,
    As his corse to the rampart we hurried;
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    An idea ran back and forward in his head like a blind man, knocking over the solid furniture.
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