| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 30704 |
| QUOTATION: | They dance with reluctance, they are growing civilized; the old men persuade them. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Robinson Jeffers (18871962), U.S. poet. New Mexican Mountain (l. 4). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert OClair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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