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- If you have mastered the material, then the proper phrase will conjure it — like the magic words that coax a genie from a bottle.p. 321.6
- Already Mr. Benedict was hard at work modifying his twin's invention with the aim of reversing its brainsweeping function — instead of covering up old memories, it would coax them into the open again — and when pressed, Mr. Benedict admitted he thought it rather likely he would succeed.p. 475.0
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