Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles.

Edgar Allan Poe

• Man
• Ability
• Delighting

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• As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
  • Man
  • Ability
  • Delighting