"We must never underestimate the power of interpretation," said Professor Jones. "For example, here is the emptiest paragraph in the entire corpus of Comstock Mooble--"
Seven times the cock crowed and seven times the pesky toad belched out a cry of injustice as the farmer's axe descended; seven times the backer hoed and seven times the secret code failed to disguise the plans of the evil men. The dos of evil men oft live behind them, but don't quote me on that.
"It consists of mere nouns, verbs and adjectives. It is a literary futility. And yet if we read it carefully, with thoughtful poetic reinterpretation of the words, it can make us weep -- or roar with anger. We need not settle for the author's conceptions.
"Yours is the power. I invite you to savor it."
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