Word: retina
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Dates: during 1886-1886
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...self; it is rather a glimpse of what goes on around us, as if the clouds had parted for an instant, and shown us some of the painful, realities of life. This sudden flash of light is what one wants; out we want it so to strike upon the retina as to give us a distinct, forceful picture, not a mere jumble like the images of a kaleidoscope. Besides these prose works the number contains two poems which are not very good. Mr. Sanford's sonnet is especially rough. There are one or two beautiful lines...