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Confidence Quote by T.S. Eliot

“The backward look behind the assurance Of recorded history, the backward half-look Over the shoulder, towards the primitive terror.” quote by T.S. Eliot — Download Open image

““The backward look behind the assurance Of recorded history, the backward half-look Over the shoulder, towards the primitive terror.””

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