People are often surprised to learn that the great American poet Wallace Stevens was a lawyer. His "real job" was heading the fidelity and surety claims division of Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company. He was also an officer of the affiliated Harvard Livestock Insurance Company. Why are people surprised by this? As a lawyer smitten by poetry myself, I'm surprised at the surprise. Good lawyers, like good poets, wrestle with world and word. Good lawyers, like good poets, fuse theory and practi...
People are often surprised to learn that the great American poet Wallace Stevens was a lawyer. His "real job" was heading the fidelity and surety claims division of Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company. He was also an officer of the affiliated Harvard Livestock Insurance Company. Why are people surprised by this? As a lawyer smitten by poetry myself, I'm surprised at the surprise. Good lawyers, like good poets, wrestle with world and word. Good lawyers, like good poets, fuse theory and practi...
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