Carolina QuotesIf Benton had had an administration building with pillars it could have carved over the pillars: Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you guilty.
Randall Jarrell Carolinian
Source
Chapter 5, p. 220
- work
- Pictures from an Institution (1954) [novel]
- year
- 1954
- locator
- p. 220
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