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The Chrysalids
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- The commandments and precepts one learns as a child can be remembered by rote, but they mean little until there is example — and, even then, the example needs to be recognized.†
Chpt 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(rote) memorization by repetition; or repeated behavior done automatically without thought
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)