"[...]
For want of me the world's course will not fail;
When all its work is done, the lie shall rot;
The truth is great and shall prevail,
When none cares whether it prevail or not."
--
Coventry
Patmore (b. 1823-07-23, d. 1896-11-26),
"Magna est Veritas", The Unknown Eros, 1877
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