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thebruce
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 		well I think I've got the paragraph, but I haven't found a scan of the page it's on for the line. But here's the first part of the paragraph:

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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself. I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks. I got up early and bathes in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven on the bathing tub of King Tching Thang to this effect: "Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again."

It goes on, but that should cover the 4th line...

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searches for line 4;
google.ca wrote:
engage life's opportunities. "I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora

another
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Greeks. I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a


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MrToasty
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uhhhhman wrote:
well i checked 2 different online versions of the book and they both gave me this line "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail."

After counting and recounting I get to the same as well. Simplicity is definitely a major theme of Walden and would go with the "Thoreau was right" bit.

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thebruce
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 		blah. never mind. yeah, just noticed one version has numbered paragraphs.

However, seems you're taking L (line) to mean sentence... THAT leads to "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!" I was going by line 4 which may return different lines depending on the print.

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our best virtue has for its occasion a superfluous and evitable

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a superfluous and evitable wretchedness. Our life is frittered away by

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superfluous and evitable wretchedness. Our life is frittered away by detail.

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clout upon clout, and our best virtue has for its occasion

Dunno

still doesn't lead us anywhere really...
eta: grand gaia has been updated however, with notes about Fred having gone missing. the contact page allows you to send any info you have about his whereabouts
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 		Yeah, since line varies by edition I think we have to go by sentence. So is "simplicity" the password that Cunningham needs then?

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 		Looks like it was simplicity.
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Fred? Fred's dead baby...


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 		Has anyone contacted GG with the news about Fred?
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amandel
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 		Grisly updates at both The Evan Smith Situation and Grand Gaia Industries (also read News section). And this email from GGI:
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We regret to inform you that Fred Davis, manager of the California division, was reported dead on December the 30th, 2008. Murdered by an unknown, Davis' case remains an open investigation.

GG

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 		also, two new posts: Pages 1-5, and Busy

He wants typed versions of the pages in the images. Simple enough task, yes?
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Moontje
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 		first image:

Quote:
I don't know where the hell i am or what the hell i'm doing here.
I don't know how long i've been here or why me and not somebody else...
Nothing makes sense. Everything is pretty dark. There`s like one bulb on the center of the
ceiling and that's it. My name is Fred Davis. I don't really feel comfortable disclosing my age.
All i can tell you(that is,if somebody reads this)is that i'm in a big room with
almost nothing.




The ... .... are 2 words i can't read. Somebody?

Thanks Natas.

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Moontje wrote:

All i can tell you(that is,if somebody reads this)is that i'm in a big room .... ..... nothing.



The ... .... are 2 words i can't read. Somebody?


with almost

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 		Page 3
Page 3

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-Called for help a few times...nothing. That was expected....???. Let's go over what I have with me.

- clothes (at least I'm not naked...)
- pen and notebook I'm writing in (don't know where they came from (??? in front of me)
- 3 gallons of water Just plastic containers of water. (In front of me as well)


Page 4

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Room

Room is pretty big. Tried hitting things and breaking walls but this is super solid material. I have to work on my fucking dropkick.

SHIT SHIT SHIT Get me out of here God!!!


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Moontje
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 		image 2

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My most recent memory was when my friend,Schnoo,told me i looked like a mess.
I was drunk,now i'm alone, in a room,with no door or window. Hell, i don't even know how much
oxygen i'm getting. I'm sure it can seep throught the corners but still,major clostophobia (sp?)
I'll write later when i stop freaking out.


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 		Page 5
Page 5

At the top is a rudimentary drawing of the room labeled with the words "me" and "perfect cube"

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I cried... crap. If this is some kind of prank it is not in any way funny... SHIT I'm going to sleep...

Okay, hopefully I'll be a bit more logical in my writing now. I used to keep a


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amandel
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 		Pages 6 through 8
Cunningham posted Pages 6-10. Here is my take of Pages 6 through 8:
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journal in school was part of OT club where we analyzed our writing to try and understand how people function. I feel like whoever set me up in this wants to find out how I function....this is scary to think they ?left? me in here.... with a notebook and water. I quess maybe I'll be let out eventually.

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There's a constant humming. I never noticed it before because it was just part of the surrounding sounds....I think the walls are going places. Things don't feel the same as yesterday. The humming is still going.

Day 3....or at least that's what I think...it's the third time I've woken up. Maybe this...

Quote:
some kind of government conspiracy. I was kipnapped for sure but by who? A rival? friend? My job's company? the government? Whatever, I'm no detective...

I noticed I've been drinking way too much. I don't know how long I'm going to be here so I might as well conserve my water....Measured the room with my shoes. I was bored.

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Pretty sure it's a cube how.
Something around eight feet long,wide, and high.
Feels like the room got smaller?
________________________________________________
Jogged around the perimeter.
Now i'm tired.Goodnight.
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Day 4-possibly: Humming keeps
on going....this entire thing
reminds me of my new job. I never
ever know what it was really
about. It was assigned to


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