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"But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality ..." — Seamus Heaney

But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based.
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney Poet • Irish
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