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Adam Mastroianni on the Brain, the Ears, and How We Learn

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After Long Silence

The poem is by William Butler Yates. It's called After Long Silence. He says, bodily decrepitude is wisdom. Young. We loved each other. And we're ignorant. The middle of it has this word discount. You can't be wise until you've lifted your eyes off the ground.

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