“There are men of the East, he said,
who are the East.”

— Wallace Stevens

"Anecdote of Men by the Thousand"
Context: There are men of the East, he said,
who are the East.
There are men of a province
who are that province.
There are men of a valley
who are that valley.

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American poet 1879–1955

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