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Thus do we transvaluate all values, translating the common speech of men into the vocabulary of madmen, calling "clean" a mechanism which, in a split second, can incinerate millions and transform God's handiwork, "all created equal," into cinders all cremated equal.
Wide, Wide World 1958
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We think of Redon as among those who transvaluate all earthly sensations in terms of a purer element.
Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Marsden Hartley
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