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" From Archaeology
one moral, at least, may be drawn,
to wit, that all

our school text-books lie.
What they call History
is nothing to vaunt of,'

being made, as it is,
by the criminal in us:
goodness is timeless. "

W.H. Auden , Selected Poems


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W.H. Auden quote : From Archaeology<br />one moral, at least, may be drawn,<br />to wit, that all<br /><br />our school text-books lie.<br />What they call History<br />is nothing to vaunt of,'<br /><br />being made, as it is,<br />by the criminal in us:<br />goodness is timeless.