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This author completed an English translation of the spiritualist Kabir that celebrates how “God is within us.” The speaker of a poem by this author does not know “how to answer” questions about the meaning of songs as “you sit there smiling.” The conclusion of a collection by this author asks for all his songs to gather (20[1])“into a single current” and (20[1])“flow to a sea of silence.” (20[1])The speaker of a poem by this author searches for a place (*) “where knowledge is free” (10[4])and (10[2])“where (10[2])the mind (10[2])is without (10[1])fear.” (10[3])A “ruler of the minds (10[1])of all people” is praised in (10[1])an anthem by this author, who opened (10[1])a 1910 poetry collection with the declaration (10[2])“Thou hast made me endless, (10[4])such is thy (10[1])pleasure.” For 10 points, name this (10[1])Bengali poet (10[2])of Gitanjali. (10[3])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Rabindranath Tagore (The anthem is “Jana Gana Mana.”)
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