...ingenuity was apparently given man in order that he may supply himself in crisis with shapes and sounds with which to guard himself from truth. (William Faulkner)

...ingenuity was apparently given man in order that he may supply himself in crisis with shapes and sounds with which to guard himself from truth.

William Faulkner

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