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A chapter in Clintons book?

Posted by Lexi on June 28, 2004

In Reply to: Going out with a bang posted by dhm on June 28, 2004

: : Need some help with "going out with a bang". What does this mean? Where does it come from? Thank you in advance.

: T. S. Eliot "The Hollow Men" concludes,

: This is the way the world ends
: This is the way the world ends
: This is the way the world ends
: Not with a bang but a whimper.

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: "To go out with a bang" probably predates Eliot, but I couldn't resist the urge to quote him.

Is this a Chapter in Clintons book?

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