"There is such a thing as literary fashion, and prose and verse have been regulated by the same caprice that cuts our coats and cocks our hats."

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What we take to be our strongest tower of delight, only stands at the caprice of the minutest event the falling of a leaf, the hearing of a voice, or the receipt of one little bit of paper scratched over with a few small characters by a sharpened feather.

— Herman Melville