How merciful a thing is man's ignorance of.... : Quote by Mervyn Peake

“ How merciful a thing is man's ignorance of his immediate future! What a ghastly, paralysing thing it would have been if all those present could have known what was about to happen within a matter of seconds! For nothing short of pre-knowledge could have stopped the occurrence, so suddenly it sprang upon them. ”

Mervyn Peake
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