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multiplicity Noun pl -ties 1. a large number or great variety 2. the state of being multiple
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It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other in the multiplicity of sects. Again, the poet should remember what has been often said, and not make an Epic structure into a Tragedy--by an Epic structure I mean one with a multiplicity of plots--as if, for instance, you were to make a tragedy out of the entire story of the Iliad. An ancient Hawaiian war-club or spear-paddle, in its full multiplicity and elaboration of carving, is as great a trophy of human perseverance as a Latin lexicon. |
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