"We are not here to triumph by fighting,……" — Thomas Stearns Eliot
"We are not here to triumph by fighting, by strata gem, or by resistance, not to fight with beasts as men. We have fought the beast and have conquered. We have only to conquer now, by suffering. This is the easier victory."
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Thomas Stearns Eliot
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