The verb agreement for "one" when used as a subject
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I believe this to be a pedantic application of the subjunctive mood following if.
If in the quote introduces something which Eliot
- wants to happen
- hopes will happen or
- imagines happening
and Eliot has used the subjunctive form of follow.