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Virgil
Roman poet; cited as a model of pastoral literature.
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First appearance: aulus persius flaccus
Virgil shows up with force in I: Qualities of the Recruit. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Quoted at the opening: 'Spes sibi quisque' (Each one his own hope).
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In I: Qualities of the Recruit: Quoted at the opening: 'Spes sibi quisque' (Each one his own hope). Later, in A Walk to Wachusett: Mentioned alongside Homer and Humboldt as a poet whose descriptions of hills are echoed…
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- Closing
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