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...circle, pausing only to climb one of the ladders leading to niches high in the walls, or to join the numbers of the "non-searchers," the "sedentary," or the "vanquished." These are slumped against the walls in the position of Beckett's favorite figure from the Purgatorio, Belacqua, doomed to sit for ages with head between knees for repenting too late...

Author: By Phil Patton, | Title: 'If This Notion Is Maintained' | 11/15/1972 | See Source »

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