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Marathe and Steeply on choosing

quote

Marathe made small emphatic circles and cuts in the air while he spoke: 'These facts of situation, which speak so loudly of your Bureau's fear of this samizdat: now is what has happened when a people choose nothing over themselves to love, each one.'

Context

Both men's hands trace circles in the air while they argue about a nation closing in on itself. The gestures agree with the thesis.

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