The poetry does not matter.
(Four Quartets 2: East Coker)
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Business today consists in persuading crowds.
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O my people, what have I done unto thee.
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Only through time time is conquered.
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I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
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Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.
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