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modern 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of contemporary styles or schools of art, literature, music, etc., esp those of an experimental kind 2. belonging or relating to the period in history from the end of the Middle Ages to the present How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The modern bourgeois society that has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society has not done away with clash antagonisms. It makes him pre- eminently a modern poet--a poet of the self-pondering, perfectly educated, modern world, which, having come to the end of all direct and purely external experiences, must necessarily turn for its entertainment to the world within:-- Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident. |
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