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Morning Glory
Actually, It was John Milton whom I beleive was a priest or something before he went blind. anyway, he wanted to capture the dramatic style of epic poems of englands past by writing the greatest epic poem of all time, based on what he considered the greatest story of all time- the bible. however, very ironically it was that same poem Paradise Lost which was read by many intellectual thinkers, ( really the only people who did a lot of reading at the time, and maybe still today) that read it, and got to thinking about the practical aspects of theology and philosophy, and it convinced a lot of people that matters of society should be secular.
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