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\u2026those experiments are always conducted on the poor and the weak, never on themselves.<\/a> It\u2019s only fair: the poor and weak do the suffering part of the job and the rich and powerful do-gooder does the admiring himself in the mirror part of the job. Simple division of labor. Do the poor expect to get *all* the glory?<\/p>\n

\u201cRotten?\u201d said Uncle Andrew with a puzzled look. \u201cOh, I see. You mean that little boys ought to keep their promises. Very true: most right and proper, I\u2019m sure, and I\u2019m very glad you have been taught to do it. But of course you must understand that rules of that sort, however excellent they may be for little boys \u2014 and servants \u2014 and women \u2014 and even people in general, can\u2019t possibly be expected to apply to profound students and great thinkers and sages. No, Digory. Men like me, who possess hidden wisdom, are freed from common rules just as we are cut off from common pleasures. Ours, my boy, is a high and lonely destiny.\u201d<\/p>\n

As he said this he sighed and looked so grave and noble and mysterious that for a second Digory really thought he was saying something rather fine. But then he remembered the ugly look he had seen on his Uncle\u2019s face the moment before Polly had vanished: and all at once he saw through Uncle Andrew\u2019s grand words. \u201cAll it means,\u201d he thought to himself, \u201cis that he thinks he can do anything he likes to get anything he wants.\u201d \u2013 The Magician\u2019s Nephew<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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