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From Peer Gynt, by Henrik Ibsen, translated by William Archer

NO NEED

"No need now for bars against hobgoblin-thoughts."

From Act III, Scene Second, Peer

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From Four Major Plays, by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Rolf Fjelde

THE CHANGE

"The change is coming.  I can sense it.  And I feel that it's coming closer.  Someone or other will set up the cry: Step back for me!  And all the others will storm in after, shaking their fists and shouting: Make room -- make room -- make room!  Yes, Doctor, you better look out.  Someday youth will come here, knocking at the door --"

From The Master Builder, Act One, Solness

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From James Agate: An Anthology, edited bu Herbert Van Thal

TO BE PERFECTLY FRANK

"To be perfectly frank, I haven't the slightest desire to read any novel later than Henry James, see any play later than Ibsen, hear a note of music after Richard Strauss, or look at a canvas after Renoir."

From Ego VII