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Excerpt from Beyond the Dreams of Avarice: A Novel
The weakest point about human knowledge, ' said the Sick man, philosophising from habit, 'is that we never seem to make any real advance in keeping the machinery in order, or in setting it right when it gets wrong.' He was a mechanical engineer by calling, and of no mean reputation. When the machinery goes wrong, the works stop. Then we have to throw away the engine. She can't be repaired. Why don't you learn how to tinker it up, you doctors?
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