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From: stratton@brl-tgr.ARPA (Sue Stratton )
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Subject: Re: Quote (Help!)
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Date: Fri, 3-May-85 12:33:23 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  3 12:33:23 1985
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> > This has always been one of my favorite literary quotes, having seen it
> > first in some reading I did in 8th grade.  But, alas, I can't even remember
> > the book or author.  It's always bugged me through the years, not being able
> > to remember where it came from.  Maybe someone can help me out.
> > 
> > The quote:
> > 
> >                "So, this is how the world ends...
> >                 not with a bang, but with a whimper." 
> 
> It is from a T. S. Elliot poem.  I don't remember the title but it is
> *not* from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".  Any T. S. Elliot
> anthology will have it.


How about "The Waste Land"?  (Now I can't wait to get home and check!)


Karen Wilson