I am certain your reference to “The Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil” is what made that Whittaker Chambers quote bubble to the top of my mind...
Thank you.
I started reading ‘Witness’ by Chambers several years ago. I was unable to do so or get far into it because my vision was occluded so to speak. I returned the book to the library as I had a case of cataracts in both eyes. I literally thought that I was going blind.
I had a great eye Doctor and she fixed me up real nice. So I was just thinking about it a few days ago and starting that work over. I will likely do so very soon. I have long been intrigued by it.