18: The Enigma of Emily Dickinson (Part 1)
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Emily's Creative Process
Professor Hitchcock spoke of a time scale reaching far back into past eternity. He foresaw the conflict between the creation story in the Bible and warned religious teachers to keep up with the inquiring young. To him as an ordained minister the eternity of matter did not preclude a deity. Even if continents arose from natural causes the creation of life must be regarded as the highest act of omnipotence. It was in these classes that Emily learned about the lava ever-teaming under earth's crust. She gave special distinction to Mount Vesuvius which was the volcano whose eruption engulfed Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD. One can trace the threads of Emily's creative processes through crumbs like
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