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IMPROBABLE LEAPS OF FAITH.(Commentary/Editorial)(Column)

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From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
Date: 20050621
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Byline: Paul Campos

On an autumn afternoon in 1797, the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge was reading a history of China when he felt suddenly ill. He took opium to alleviate his pain and fell into a deep sleep. As he slept he dreamed of a palace built by the emperor Kublai Khan; in the dream he composed a 300-line poem about the palace, which after he awoke he found he could recall perfectly.

He began to write, but had only transcribed 50 lines when he was interrupted by a visitor. After his unwelcome guest departed, Coleridge found he could recall nothing of the rest of the ...

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