∣ Sincerity in some people may have only one level; in others various || it has several levels. The || Many English people, e.g., not only speak & write what the government wants them to, but they don't allow themselves to think anything else. Hence the phenomenon that what they speak is, in a certain sense, sincere, though the mental activity of suppressing their natural thoughts || thoughts in themselves is insincere. | || an insincerity.| And just

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in this country you hear again & again || particularly often the question: “Don't you think he || so & so is sincere?” – because they have a way || method of avoiding || getting round the normal judgement || ordinary indictment of anybody being insincere. || that he is insincere. ∣

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