Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity — Lionel Trilling
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— Lionel Trilling
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