The lesson remains for those who dream that by reducing pretence to a nicely graduated system, and by leaving an exactly measured margin between what they really believe and what they feign to believe, they are serving the great cause of order.
This statement serves as a caution against the dangers of pretending to uphold beliefs while actually compromising one's integrity.
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