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Edgar Allan Poe

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The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.


— Edgar Allan Poe


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To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.


— Edgar Allan Poe


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Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.


— Edgar Allan Poe


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In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.


— Edgar Allan Poe


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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.


— Edgar Allan Poe


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Jefferson had enacted a system of student self-government allowing students to choose their own studies make their own arrangements for boarding and report all wrongdoing to the faculty. Though it made Poe a household name almost instantly he was paid only $9 for its publication. Legacy


Literary influence
During his lifetime Poe was mostly recognized as a literary critic.

He began planning to produce his own journal The Penn (later renamed The Stylus) though he died before it could be produced. Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond Virginia but they never formally adopted him. In January 1845 Poe publiEdgar Allan Poed his poem "The Raven" to instant success.

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