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exactly what I would do if I were the Lord and could not trust My own creation.’ ” (1281). This disconcerts Harry considerably since he is Harlot’s creation. Has the entire Cold War, or at least his part of it, been a massive
exactly what I would do if I were the Lord and could not trust My own creation.’ ” (1281). This disconcerts Harry considerably since he is Harlot’s creation. Has the entire Cold War, or at least his part of it, been a massive
disinformation campaign? If so, has Hubbard been serving good ~God! or
disinformation campaign? If so, has Hubbard been serving good ~God! or
the ~Devil!, and do these values reside in capitalism or communism, or some
the (Devil), and do these values reside in capitalism or communism, or some
third way? Also, the discourse of deception should make readers of this novel
third way? Also, the discourse of deception should make readers of this novel
suspicious since it suggests the novel itself might be a complex piece of trickery, precisely what the incomplete ending of the novel also suggests. If we go
suspicious since it suggests the novel itself might be a complex piece of trickery, precisely what the incomplete ending of the novel also suggests. If we go
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