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Archibald MacLeish
(1892 - 1982)

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Archibald MacLeish was born in Glencoe, Illinois, on May 7, 1892. First educated at Hotchkiss School, MacLeish later studied at Yale and Harvard Law School, where he was first in his class. Although he focused his studies on law, he also began writing poetry during this time. In 1916 he married Ada .. .. more >>

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"America is promises to
Take!
America is promises to
Us
To take them
Brutally
With love but
Take them."
Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982), U.S. poet. "America Was Promises," (1940).

"Poets ... are literal-minded men who will squeeze a word till it hurts."
Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982), U.S. poet. repr. As "Art and Law" in Riders on Earth (1978). "Apologia," Harvard Law Review (Cambridge, June 1972).

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Archibald MacLeish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892–April 20, 1982) was an American poet, writer and the Librarian of Congress. He is associated with the modernist school of ...
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Archibald MacLeish was born in Glencoe, Illinois, on May 7, 1892. First educated at Hotchkiss School, MacLeish later studied at Yale and Harvard Law School, ...
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19 quotes and quotations by Archibald MacLeish. ... Archibald MacLeish Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in ...
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Archibald MacLeish
[From October 27, 1942 until August 20, 1945 the Lee Boyhood Home was owned by Ada Hitchcock MacLeish and her husband, the American poet Archibald MacLeish. ...
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