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Though you forget the way to the Temple,There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not. You shall not deny the Stranger.
Though you forget the way to the Temple,There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not. You shall not deny the Stranger.
Approximate author period: c. 1915 AD · modern
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- T.S. Eliot
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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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