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libidinal
At the New Yorker

a libidinal thrust more powerful than love or hatred

Nietzsche's thoughts on being interested in something

—p.37 The Cleric of Treason (13) by George Steiner
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hoary

hoary jokes about the pure pedant's forgetfulness

forgot the meaning

—p.37 The Cleric of Treason (13) by George Steiner
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abrogation

always to be subject to critical examination and, if need be, abrogation

—p.36 The Cleric of Treason (13) by George Steiner
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praetorians

Burgess, Philby, Maclean, Blunt, and their praetorians

used metaphorically here I assume

—p.35 The Cleric of Treason (13) by George Steiner
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loggia

the loggia or façade that they designed

—p.31 The Cleric of Treason (13) by George Steiner
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