Letters of William Butler Yeats

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The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Reason and emotion The heart

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

Letters of William Butler Yeats

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. Letter to Frederick J. Gregg. 1886.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "To F. J. Gregg [late summer 1886]." The Collected Letters of W. B. Yeats. Volume I: 1865-1895, edited by John Kelly. Oxford University Press, 1986.