I have a profound conviction that the world is a species of gigantic jest—a jest of the most elaborate and stupendous—of the most complicated and august—and of the most utterly incomprehensible character.
— Edgar Allan Poe Modern

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Context

Letter to James Russell Lowell

Date / Period

1844

Category

Strange & Unusual

Source

https://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1821/let1844a.htm

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

Found in 1 providers: grok

Method

Cross Reference

Sources Checked

1 source

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