Word: endeavour
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Dates: during 1889-1889
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...endeavour to combine the beauties of all literature in one produced heterogeneousness in form and matter. It was a mistake to transplant the poetic life of the middle ages into the present, and instead of giving a poetic hue to our modern life, to make poetry the focus of all human activity. A modern liter ature which deals exclusively in mediaeval ideas may be popular for a time as a curiosify, but it can not satisfy the taste of a modern nation for a long time...