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"To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all .... A message from the gods should be delivered at once. It is damnably blasphemous to talk about the autumn season and so on. How dare the author or publisher demand a price for doing his duty, the highest and most honourable to which a man can be called?"
by Aleister Crowley
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by Oscar Wilde [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills]

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The audience of this open forum on the ramifications of war is valued and respected. We endorse creative thinking and purposive analysis in artistic expression. Our literary magazine, augmented by resources, offers a unique venue for insightful compositions ... and while everyone has the right to free speech, not everyone has the right to be heard. Although we attempt to guide, by advice and examples, the quality of submissions for publication, please be informed that no one, by virtue of rank or award or campaign, has the right of automatic access ... the only passport is excellence. By this mark we intend to sustain and archive this publication for an interested, and hopefully appreciative, audience.

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"I do have an interest in this book, which is for sale. (If you have bought it, dear reader, I thank you. If you have borrowed it, I honor your frugality. If you have stolen it, may it add to your confusion.) Most of the sale price pays the publisher for paper, ink, and other materials, for editorial advice, copyediting, design, advertising (I hope), and marketing. I get between ten and fifteen percent (depending on sales) for arranging the words on the pages. As I understand it, I am being paid only for my work in arranging the words; my property is that arrangement. The thoughts in this book, on the contrary, are not mine. They came freely to me, and I give them freely away. I have no intellectual property, and I think that all claimants to such property are thieves."
by Wendell Berry





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