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If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practiced, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point.

If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practiced, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point.

Approximate author period: c. 1909 AD · modern

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Ezra Pound
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Approximate author period: c. 1909 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Ezra Pound: documented activity in 1909. Wikidata Q163366, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163366 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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