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Once the mind settles on depravity, it will by necessity generate an endless inventory of handy justifications for it; otherwise it would recoil at itself.

As you shave, tomorrow, say, look in the miorror, look into your eyes and tell yourself bravely, "I promulgated McGonagal and called it poetry". You'll see the sly flinch, all right. I dare you.

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