Sukie: firstread

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firstread

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	==Relevant Skills==		==Relevant Skills==
-	skills gained when read for first time go here	+	You feel that reading this material has broadened your perspective and increased your knowledge of philosophy.
	{{endspoilers}}		{{endspoilers}}
	[[Category: Books]]		[[Category: Books]]

Fungor at 23:53, 29 December 2016

Fungor — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 23:53:46 GMT

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-	*'''Look:'''	+	==Description==
-	:A compact, well-cared-for horn-bound paper volume with a title skillfully etched upon the cover. It is open to page one of one hundred fifty-seven.	+	a horn-bound paper book.
-	:It looks about a fifth of a dimin long, one and a half dimins wide, and two dimins tall. It weighs about half a dekan.	+

-	*'''Info:'''	+	The writing is in Sperethiel, and reads:
-	:The commands 'open <item>', 'close <item>', and 'turn page [in <item>] [to <number>]' may be used with it. The horn-bound paper book was created by Lost Souls; the source code was last updated Sun Jul 12 19:29:50 2009. The material horn was created by Lost Souls; the source code was last updated Sun Jul 12 19:30:01 2009. The material paper was created by Lost Souls; the source code was last updated Sun Jul 12 19:30:00 2009.	+	Candide

		+	A compact, well-cared-for horn-bound paper volume with a title skillfully etched upon the cover. It is closed. It is closed.
		+	You estimate its value at about one hundred thirty-two gold.
		+	It looks about a quarter of a dimin long, one and seventeen twentieths dimins wide, and two and nine twentieths dimins tall.
		+	It weighs about eleven twentieths of a dekan.
		+
		+	The commands 'open <item>', 'close <item>', and 'turn page [in <item>] [to <number>]' may be used with it. Keeping the horn
		+	-bound paper book costs seven keep points. The horn-bound paper book was created by Lost Souls; the source code was last
		+	updated Tue Mar 15 02:15:36 2016. The material horn was created by Lost Souls; the source code was last updated Tue Mar 15
		+	02:18:37 2016. The material paper was created by Lost Souls; the source code was last updated Tue Mar 15 02:18:43 2016.
	{{spoilers}}		{{spoilers}}
-	If you want to know the story of Candide, go to the library.	+	==Text==
		+	CANDIDE
		+	by Voltaire
		+	CHAPTER 1
		+	How Candide Was Brought Up in a Magnificent Castle and How He Was
		+	Driven Thence
		+	In the country of Westphalia, in the castle of the most noble
		+	Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh, lived a youth whom Nature had endowed
		+	with a most sweet disposition. His face was the true index of his
		+	mind. He had a solid judgment joined to the most unaffected
		+	simplicity; and hence, I presume, he had his name of Candide. The
		+	old servants of the house suspected him to have been the son of the
		+	Baron's sister, by a very good sort of a gentleman of the
		+	neighborhood, whom that young lady refused to marry, because he
		+	could produce no more than threescore and eleven quarterings in his
		+	arms; the rest of the genealogical tree belonging to the family having
		+	been lost through the injuries of time.
		+	The Baron was one of the most powerful lords in Westphalia, for
		+	his castle had not only a gate, but even windows, and his great hall
		+	was hung with tapestry. He used to hunt with his mastiffs and spaniels

-	Anyway, when you read it, you get some experience and you get a boost to your perspective (whatever that means).	+	instead of greyhounds; his groom served him for huntsman; and the
-	{{endspoilers}}	+	parson of the parish officiated as his grand almoner. He was called
		+	"My Lord" by all his people, and he never told a story but everyone
		+	laughed at it.
		+	My Lady Baroness, who weighed three hundred and fifty pounds,
		+	consequently was a person of no small consideration; and then she
		+	did the honors of the house with a dignity that commanded universal
		+	respect. Her daughter was about seventeen years of age, fresh-colored,
		+	comely, plump, and desirable. The Baron's son seemed to be a youth
		+	in every respect worthy of the father he sprung from. Pangloss, the
		+	preceptor, was the oracle of the family, and little Candide listened
		+	to his instructions with all the simplicity natural to his age and
		+	disposition.
		+	Master Pangloss taught the metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology.
		+	He could prove to admiration that there is no effect without a
		+	cause; and, that in this best of all possible worlds, the Baron's
		+	castle was the most magnificent of all castles, and My Lady the best
		+	of all possible baronesses.
		+	"It is demonstrable," said he, "that things cannot be otherwise than
		+	as they are; for as all things have been created for some end, they
		+	must necessarily be created for the best end. Observe, for instance,
		+	the nose is formed for spectacles, therefore we wear spectacles. The

		+	legs are visibly designed for stockings, accordingly we wear
		+	stockings. Stones were made to be hewn and to construct castles,
		+	therefore My Lord has a magnificent castle; for the greatest baron
		+	in the province ought to be the best lodged. Swine were intended to be
		+	eaten, therefore we eat pork all the year round: and they, who
		+	assert that everything is right, do not express themselves
		+	correctly; they should say that everything is best."
		+	Candide listened attentively and believed implicitly, for he thought
		+	Miss Cunegund excessively handsome, though he never had the courage to
		+	tell her so. He concluded that next to the happiness of being Baron of
		+	Thunder-ten-tronckh, the next was that of being Miss Cunegund, the
		+	next that of seeing her every day, and the last that of hearing the
		+	doctrine of Master Pangloss, the greatest philosopher of the whole
		+	province, and consequently of the whole world.
		+	One day when Miss Cunegund went to take a walk in a little
		+	neighboring wood which was called a park, she saw, through the bushes,
		+	the sage Doctor Pangloss giving a lecture in experimental philosophy
		+	to her mother's chambermaid, a little brown wench, very pretty, and
		+	very tractable. As Miss Cunegund had a great disposition for the
		+	sciences, she observed with the utmost attention the experiments which
		+	were repeated before her eyes; she perfectly well understood the force
		+	of the doctor's reasoning upon causes and effects. She retired greatly
		+
		+	flurried, quite pensive and filled with the desire of knowledge,
		+	imagining that she might be a sufficing reason for young Candide,
		+	and he for her.
		+	On her way back she happened to meet the young man; she blushed,
		+	he blushed also; she wished him a good morning in a flattering tone,
		+	he returned the salute, without knowing what he said. The next day, as
		+	they were rising from dinner, Cunegund and Candide slipped behind
		+	the screen. The miss dropped her handkerchief, the young man picked it
		+	up. She innocently took hold of his hand, and he as innocently
		+	kissed hers with a warmth, a sensibility, a grace-all very particular;
		+	their lips met; their eyes sparkled; their knees trembled; their hands
		+	strayed. The Baron chanced to come by; he beheld the cause and effect,
		+	and, without hesitation, saluted Candide with some notable kicks on
		+	the breech and drove him out of doors. The lovely Miss Cunegund
		+	fainted away, and, as soon as she came to herself, the Baroness
		+	boxed her ears. Thus a general consternation was spread over this most
		+	magnificent and most agreeable of all possible castles.
		+	CHAPTER 2
		+	What Befell Candide among the Bulgarians
		+	Candide, thus driven out of this terrestrial paradise, rambled a
		+	long time without knowing where he went; sometimes he raised his eyes,
		+
		+	all bedewed with tears, towards heaven, and sometimes he cast a
		+	melancholy look towards the magnificent castle, where dwelt the
		+	fairest of young baronesses. He laid himself down to sleep in a
		+	furrow, heartbroken, and supperless. The snow fell in great flakes,
		+	and, in the morning when he awoke, he was almost frozen to death;
		+	however, he made shift to crawl to the next town, which was called
		+	Wald-berghoff-trarbkdikdorff, without a penny in his pocket, and
		+	half dead with hunger and fatigue. He took up his stand at the door of
		+	an inn. He had not been long there before two men dressed in blue
		+	fixed their eyes steadfastly upon him.
		+	"Faith, comrade," said one of them to the other, "yonder is a well
		+	made young fellow and of the right size." Upon which they made up to
		+	Candide and with the greatest civility and politeness invited him to
		+	dine with them.
		+	"Gentlemen," replied Candide, with a most engaging modesty, you do
		+	me much honor, but upon my word I have no money."
		+	"Money, sir!" said one of the blues to him, "young persons of your
		+	appearance and merit never pay anything; why, are not you five feet
		+	five inches high?"
		+	"Yes, gentlemen, that is really my size," replied he, with a low
		+	bow.
		+	"Come then, sir, sit down along with us; we will not only pay your
		+
		+	Total pages 157.
		+
		+	==Relevant Skills==
		+	skills gained when read for first time go here
		+	{{endspoilers}}
	[[Category: Books]]		[[Category: Books]]

Fungor at 19:46, 29 December 2016

Fungor — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 19:46:14 GMT

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	Anyway, when you read it, you get some experience and you get a boost to your perspective (whatever that means).		Anyway, when you read it, you get some experience and you get a boost to your perspective (whatever that means).
	{{endspoilers}}		{{endspoilers}}
		+
		+	[[Category: Books]]

Adogah at 14:41, 13 July 2011

Adogah — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:41:02 GMT

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*'''Look:'''
:A compact, well-cared-for horn-bound paper volume with a title skillfully etched upon the cover. It is open to page one of one hundred fifty-seven.
:It looks about a fifth of a dimin long, one and a half dimins wide, and two dimins tall. It weighs about half a dekan.

*'''Info:'''
:The commands 'open <item>', 'close <item>', and 'turn page [in <item>] [to <number>]' may be used with it. The horn-bound paper book was created by Lost Souls; the source code was last updated Sun Jul 12 19:29:50 2009. The material horn was created by Lost Souls; the source code was last updated Sun Jul 12 19:30:01 2009. The material paper was created by Lost Souls; the source code was last updated Sun Jul 12 19:30:00 2009.

{{spoilers}}
If you want to know the story of Candide, go to the library.

Anyway, when you read it, you get some experience and you get a boost to your perspective (whatever that means).
{{endspoilers}}

Candide - Revision history

Sukie: firstread

Fungor at 23:53, 29 December 2016

Fungor at 19:46, 29 December 2016

Adogah at 14:41, 13 July 2011