After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cun…

T. S. Eliot
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After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions Guides us by vanities. ✨ Gerontion l. 33 (1920)
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