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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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8.9.03

"Oh, and then there's the second sentence, his leading edge fingers separate the saucepan's fatty shallows:

'Perhaps this week's ceremonies--and President Bush's speech last night, not yet given as I write--will revive and implant the lessons we learned on that fateful September 11.'
�Robert Bartley WSJ
Perhaps. Last night speeches not yet given always revive and implant something in me. They revive in me the will to die and implant the relearned half memories of the high hopes I had for lapsed events about to transpire.
Oh, and then there are all the other phrases and sentences. The overall effect is of a Turing machine whirring to a stop, unable to convince even itself than anyone will believe it human..."
Agenda Bender September 08, 2003

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