The Power of a Question
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The Power of a Question

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 15, 20261 min

by Gabriel Preil (read by Ken Marks) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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You are sinking. There is no question. There is nothing you want. The woman has become

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not sweeten the aridity of the hour. You are a squirrel in confrontation with an uncracked

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The Power of a Question by Gabriel Pryle. For Irving Howe. You are sinking. There is no question. There is nothing you want. The woman has become a fading flame. The book's title page is sealed with no solace. Even a drop of Mozart does not sweeten the aridity of the hour. You are a squirrel in confrontation with an uncracked

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nut and the marvelous computer is refusing to serve. But a bright voice on the telephone transmits a question. Is it not accurate to assume that the word then does not exist in your poetical time, and that everything is actually a single boundless present? I said yes, and the responsiveness that was lost to me flowered again.

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Strange, the power of a question.

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