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Old 08-19-2002, 09:59 PM   #88
jaguar
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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?
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.
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.
The fictional nature of the text does not take away from the value of the message.

You missed a d in wouldn’t.
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