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ambiguous phrase "in modern terms," which, though it patently means "nowadays," might be said to suggest in addition a translation -- by WESCAC or the Grand Tutor -- of His University into our terms. Indeed, there is a sense in which the same may be said of the entireSyllabus -- of all artistic and pedagogical conceit, for that matter, especially of the parable kind. But suffice it to say, in reply to this objection, that the Grand Tutor seems nowhere else in the vast record of His and teachings to resort to this device -- only in the gloomy "Posttape."
Which brings us to the real proof of its spurious character. Even if none of the above-mentioned discrepancies existed, the hopeless, even nihilistical tone of those closing pages militates against our believing them to be the Grand Tutor's own. Having brought us to the heart of Mystery, "He" suddenly shifts to what can most kindly be called a tragic view of His and of campus history. Where are the joy, the hope, the knowledge, and the confident strength of the man who routed Harold Bray, affirmed the Candidacies of His
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