Drunk with triumph, I cuddled in my rocking cradle and ransacked every unvisited chamber of the memory.... to see the residue take life and meaning in the light of the great revelation. (Robert Erskine Childers)

Drunk with triumph, I cuddled in my rocking cradle and ransacked every unvisited chamber of the memory.... to see the residue take life and meaning in the light of the great revelation.

Robert Erskine Childers

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