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			*It is on our cowardice that their
			secrecy and they themselves are founded!
	*A stone is not a human being, and even stones get crushed.		*A stone is not a human being, and even stones get crushed.
	*But you have to know them-sometimes in order to beware of.		*But you have to know them-sometimes in order to beware of.

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			*A stone is not a human being, and even stones get crushed.
	*But you have to know them-sometimes in order to beware of.		*But you have to know them-sometimes in order to beware of.
	them; sometimes to put on an act in their presence, to pretend		them; sometimes to put on an act in their presence, to pretend

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			*But you have to know them-sometimes in order to beware of.
			them; sometimes to put on an act in their presence, to pretend
			to be something you aren't; sometimes in order to quarrel openly
			with the informer and by this means. devalue his testimony
			against you.
	*354 It is difficult to school oneself to ask that constant question:		*354 It is difficult to school oneself to ask that constant question:

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	*They		*354 It is difficult to school oneself to ask that constant question:

			Who is the stool pigeon among us?
			*They
	needed ideological arguments in order to hold on to a sense of		needed ideological arguments in order to hold on to a sense of
	their own _ rightness--otherwise insanity was not far off.		their own _ rightness--otherwise insanity was not far off.

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			*They
			needed ideological arguments in order to hold on to a sense of
			their own _ rightness--otherwise insanity was not far off.
	*328 These		*328 These
	devotees of the theory of development construed loyalty to that		devotees of the theory of development construed loyalty to that

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			*328 These
			devotees of the theory of development construed loyalty to that
			- development to mean renunciation of any personal development
			whatsoever.
	*along all right if you were a tinsmith, a glass blower, or an auto-		*along all right if you were a tinsmith, a glass blower, or an auto-
	mobile mechanic. But woe on you if you were a geneticist or,		mobile mechanic. But woe on you if you were a geneticist or,

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			*along all right if you were a tinsmith, a glass blower, or an auto-
			mobile mechanic. But woe on you if you were a geneticist or,
			God help you, a philosopher, a linguist, an art historian-then
			you had had it! You would kick the bucket on general work in
			two weeks.
	*But in forgiving oneself the choice between dyhig and being		*But in forgiving oneself the choice between dyhig and being
	saved'-do not forgetfully cast a stone at the one whose choice		saved'-do not forgetfully cast a stone at the one whose choice

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			*But in forgiving oneself the choice between dyhig and being
			saved'-do not forgetfully cast a stone at the one whose choice
			was even harder.
	*As the gratefully guilty old camp veteran D. S. L--v put		*As the gratefully guilty old camp veteran D. S. L--v put
	it: If I am alive today, that means someone else was on the list		it: If I am alive today, that means someone else was on the list

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			*As the gratefully guilty old camp veteran D. S. L--v put
			it: If I am alive today, that means someone else was on the list
			for execution in my place that night; if I am alive today, it means
			that someone else suffocated in the lower hold in my place; if I
			am alive today, it means that I got those extra seven ounces of
			bread which the dying man went without
	*Nor is it worth arguing that we intellec-		*Nor is it worth arguing that we intellec-
	tuals expend twice. as much energy on general work--on the		tuals expend twice. as much energy on general work--on the

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			*Nor is it worth arguing that we intellec-
			tuals expend twice. as much energy on general work--on the
			work itself, and then by a sort of psychic combuStion, on all the
			mentM activity and suffering which we simply cannot stop, and
			as a resUlt of which it is fair for us to avoid the general work; and
			let cruder types slog away.
	*264 Those heroes		*264 Those heroes
	of the Archipelago, who understood their duty not in terms of		of the Archipelago, who understood their duty not in terms of