1913 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Lies
The Book of Lies (1913), PDF p. 62
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KE®AAH ME
CHINESE MUSIC
these two asses be set to grind corn.
May, might, must, should, probably, may be,
we may safely assume, ought, it is hardly
questionable, almost certainly—poor hacks!
let them be turned out to grass!
Proof is only possible in mathematics, and
mathematics is only a matter of arbitrary
conventions.
And yet doubt is a good servant but a bad
master; a perfect mistress, but a nagging
wife.
“White is white” is the lash of the overseer;
‘‘white is black” is the watchword of the
slave. The Master takes no heed.
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