We do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in; …

T. S. Eliot
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We do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in; but its fitting in is a test of its value - a test, it is true, which can only be slowly and cautiously applied, for we are none of us infallible judges of conformity. ✨ T. S. Eliot (1998). The Sacred Wood and Major Early Essays, p.29, Courier Corporation
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