If it was Europe that gave us on the coast some idea of our history, it was Europe, I feel, that also introduced us to the lie. (V. S. Naipaul)

If it was Europe that gave us on the coast some idea of our history, it was Europe, I feel, that also introduced us to the lie.

V. S. Naipaul

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