This is not new - all the history of our world is pocked with it. It is very grand and noble in words and grand, noble souls have died for it - it is worth weeping for. (Katherine Anne Porter)

This is not new - all the history of our world is pocked with it. It is very grand and noble in words and grand, noble souls have died for it - it is worth weeping for.

Katherine Anne Porter

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