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Blind Quote by Edwin Muir

“The ancestral deed is thought and done, And in a…” quote by Edwin Muir — Download Open image

“The ancestral deed is thought and done, And in a million Edens fall A million Adams drowned in darkness, For small is great and great is small, And a blind seed all.”

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