"If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem." ― M. H. Abrams Topic(s): Politics More From M. H. Abrams "When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas." "It’s amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable." More In Politics "I want to stay away from politics, or else I’ll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth."― Peter Steele "The essential ingredient of politics is timing."― Pierre Trudeau "Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked."― Ovid