| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 38228 |
| QUOTATION: | To be able to see every side of every question;
To be on every side, to be everything, to be nothing long;
To pervert truth, to ride it for a purpose,
To use great feelings and passions of the human family
For base designs, for cunning ends; |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Edgar Lee Masters (1869–1950), U.S. poet. Editor Whedon (Spoon River Anthology) (l. 1–5). . .
Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (1950) Oxford University Press. |
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