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And right action is freedom from past and future also.For most of us, this is the aim never to be realized. Who are only undefeated because we have gone on trying. "The Dry Salvages
And right action is freedom from past and future also.For most of us, this is the aim never to be realized. Who are only undefeated because we have gone on trying. "The Dry Salvages
Approximate author period: c. 1915 AD · modern
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- Approximate author period: c. 1915 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for T. S. Eliot: documented activity in 1915. Wikidata Q37767, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37767 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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