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Yours, humbly

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Aug 17, 2022
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‘Humility’ by Jim Ballman

Literary humility is as deceiving as it is important. While no writer ever declared their pride at tackling a given topic, theme or subject, ancient or modern, few authors were driven by anything other than pride and a sense of self-worth.

In the Divine Comedy, Dante the pilgrim, as Dante the author casts himself in the narrative…

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