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A Criticism Of Critics

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How often have the critics, trained          To look upon the sky     Through telescopes securely chained,          Forgot the naked eye.     Within the compass of their glass          Each smallest star they knew,     And not a meteor could pass          But they were looking through.     When a new planet shed its rays          Beyond their field of vision,     And simple folk ran out to gaze,          They laughed in high derision.     They railed upon the senseless throng          Who cheered the brave new light.     And yet the learned men were wrong,          The simple folk were right.

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