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At the opposite end of the energy spectrum was “palinode,” by the Swedish composer Malin Bang, which evoked the brash, forward-grinding thrust of Berlin.

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When we do our full duty to him we will, northerners and southerners alike, agree that Whittier’s palinode ought to have gone full circle before it paused.

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Some critics even who have done its separate authors justice, have subsequently indulged in palinodes, have talked about decadence and Alexandrianism and what not.

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I look for peace in the way that Plato trod, and some day I shall write my palinode in that spirit.

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That high praise was once well-deserved, and was cordially given: but since, alas! according to my lights I have seen fit more than once to "palinode."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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