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Can't imagine why you'd need to reread it, since you referred to it (as a misquote, admittedly) claiming you'd "never heartd a truer sentence". You wouln't make that claim about something without actually knowing what it meant, would you?
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There are often subtleties in a text that can escape you or forget after a while. Interpreting what an author meant is never a precise art; I would not be willing to delve into a more detailed analysis of the messages in the books without re-reading them.
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As far as I have been able to tell, his work was classified and he never discussed it, even after the war.
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While it was classified this reluctance suggests maybe it was hypocritical or at least something he was not entirely comfortable with talking about
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We're left only to console ourselves with the fact that he is a fictional character, and thus perhaps not the best source for ethical guidance.
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The fictional nature of the text does not take away from the value of the message.
You missed a d in wouldn’t.