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  • For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.

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    Essays in Criticism First Series, "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time" (1865)
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For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment. - Matthew Arnold
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