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Page 46
... Truth was the enemy of the people , because truth was so terrible , so Bokonon made it his business to provide the people with bet- ter and better lies " ( p . 143 ) . Bokonon and his partner McCabe de- vise a system of dynamic tension ...
... Truth was the enemy of the people , because truth was so terrible , so Bokonon made it his business to provide the people with bet- ter and better lies " ( p . 143 ) . Bokonon and his partner McCabe de- vise a system of dynamic tension ...
Page 138
... truth is the truth otherwise they can't believe anything . There is a place with a bill- board of a mountain in front of the mountain you Wasichus can't see anything without pretending to see anyway you don't believe it " ( p . 141 ) ...
... truth is the truth otherwise they can't believe anything . There is a place with a bill- board of a mountain in front of the mountain you Wasichus can't see anything without pretending to see anyway you don't believe it " ( p . 141 ) ...
Page 155
... truths are larger still , and it would be a shame to sacrifice the novel's great scope simply because its methods ... truth resides not in some moral we draw from the life he has imitated but rather from his invention before us on the ...
... truths are larger still , and it would be a shame to sacrifice the novel's great scope simply because its methods ... truth resides not in some moral we draw from the life he has imitated but rather from his invention before us on the ...
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