STEPHEN GARCZYNSKI
\stˈiːvən ɡɑːkzˈɪnskɪ], \stˈiːvən ɡɑːkzˈɪnskɪ], \s_t_ˈiː_v_ə_n ɡ_ɑː_k_z_ˈɪ_n_s_k_ɪ]\
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A Polish poet; born in Kosmovo, Oct. 13, 1806; died at Avignon, Sept. 20, 1833. He studied law at Warsaw, and heard Hegel lecture at Berlin; after which he took part in the revolution of 1831, and then fled to France. His epic poem, "The Fate of Waclaw", and his minor poetry, display a pronounced tendency to mysticism; but they are an earnest expression of the Polish spirit of independence and its yearning for a national life.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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