A Quote by Charles Olson
Fact is based upon vulgar matter.
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The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar.
Our vulgar perception is not concerned with other than vulgar phenomena.
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The leader, mingling with the vulgar host, Is in the common mass of matter lost.
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