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Quotation from The Second Coming by W. B. Yeats

“The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.”

W. B. Yeats (spoken by The speaker)

The Second Coming, Lines 7-8 (Michael Robartes and the Dancer (Cuala Press, 1920))

Portrait of W. B. Yeats

The close of the first paragraph, diagnosing the moral condition of the age.

Citation: "The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity." — W. B. Yeats, The Second Coming, Lines 7-8 (Michael Robartes and the Dancer (Cuala Press, 1920)). (id the-second-coming-q3)

Portrait: Yeats1923, Unknown, Public domain.

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