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    English 10/10H
    Critical Lens worksheet #4
     
     
    Directions: Read each of the critical lens statements and provide an interpretation of each one (in your own words) in the space provided.
     
     
    1.  “Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.” --Oliver Wendall Holmes
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    2.  “In a dark time, the eye begins to see…” –Theodore Roethke
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    3.  “The fool thinks himself to be wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” – William Shakespeare
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    4.  “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sail.” -- Louisa May Alcott
     
     
     
     

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