Both image and quote are worth being dwelt upon.
O ye who have undistempered intellects,
Observe the doctrine that conceals itself
Beneath the veil of the mysterious verses!Inferno: Canto IX
Note: The image appears on the Barnes & Noble Classics 2008 hardcover edition of Dante’s The Divine Comedy in the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow translation with reproductions of Gustave Dore’s engravings from the 1867 edition.
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