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For the poet, of all men, feels most susceptibly, sensitively, perceptively, acutely, accurately, clearly, tenderly, kindly—the contact of his mind with yours; and the words are the medium of contact!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various

At least they do not do so to the same extent as those more nervously and susceptibly constituted.

From Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English by Stanton, Henry