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Get but the truth once uttered, and 'tis like a star new-born that drops into its place and which, once circling in its placid round, not all the tumult of the earth can shake.
-James Russell Lowell
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Get But The Truth Once Uttered, And

James Russell Lowell
Get but the truth once uttered, and 'tis like a star new-born that drops into its place and which, once circling in its placid round, not all the tumult of the earth can shake.
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