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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv9402888878yui_3_7_2_19_1376233908570_35>"He [Rilke] was veno<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>mous about organized religion, yet there more Virgin Marys, saints and angels</DIV>
<DIV id=yiv9402888878yui_3_7_2_19_1376233908570_458>in his work than in many cathedrals." --p31</DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv9402888878yui_3_7_2_19_1376233908570_548>In his self-admittedly risky attempts at translation, Gass find this image to fulfill, perhaps,<VAR id=yiv9402888878yui-ie-cursor></VAR> what he sez is Rilke's </DIV>
<DIV id=yiv9402888878yui_3_7_2_19_1376233908570_789>non-denominational 'spirituality', even religiosity (maybe):</DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv9402888878yui_3_7_2_19_1376233908570_947> " graceshaped swans"</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>