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I will tell you what man is. He is a freak, an ejected foetus robbed of his natural development, thrown out into the world with a naked covering of parchment, with too little room for his teeth and a soft bulging skull like a bubble. But nature stirs a pudding there.

William Golding

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Come Dustbin Fly High Sleep Stuff Unsort Upet Wind
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Best English Everything Obey Rule Savage Them
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Beast Maybe Only Us
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Dream Fear Hurt More Thing
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Get Lump Now Philosophy Religion Water Wind
But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.
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Forgiveness Given Must Receive
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Better Break Hunt Law Rescue Thing Up
There is, they say, no fool like an old fool.
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Fool Like Old Say
The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.
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Beast Harmless Horrible Must News Other Possible Reach Soon

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