If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed Within the centre.

If circumstances lead me, I will find
Where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed
Within the centre.

Lines like this make me glad to be doing this project. Taking the time to really see a line makes lines like this pop out and say “QUOTE ME!”
It’s not a line that gets quoted. It’s not terribly memorable, the language isn’t particularly remarkable, I guess – but today this line has waves of remarkableness around it. It’s a line with a mission. A line for the lead in to a TV detective show or a Journalistic mantra. Today, the dedicated pursuit of truth seems the most noble profession, the most potent of avocations. The irony, of course, is that the man who is claiming to be the doggéd seeker of truth is one of the most proficient liars in the play.
No matter, though. Today I’d like to find where truth is hid and I can use this line to help me follow it to the center.

2 thoughts on “If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed Within the centre.

  1. Rebecca M.'s avatar Rebecca M. November 4, 2023 / 11:35 pm

    You may be happy to know that President James Garfield wrote this quote in his 1878 diary. See C. W. Goodyear’s book: “James Garfield; From Radical to Unifier” also may see author discussing his book here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?529294-1/president-garfield

    • erainbowd's avatar erainbowd November 5, 2023 / 1:56 am

      I am, indeed, very happy to know this! Thank you for letting me know!

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