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| 11 | 746 | It had been painful, but View more quotes about surely">surely brief, strictly considered. |
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| 11 | 743 | The beating then, in all likelihood, had not been punitive or even, really, disciplinary. |
| 11 | 744 | Similarly it did not seem to be arbitrary. |
| 11 | 745 | Rather it had been, it seems, ritualistic or institutional, and, presumably, by intent, instructive. |
| 11 | 746 | It had been painful, but surely brief, strictly considered. |
| 11 | 747 | I had not been informed of its purpose. |
| 11 | 748 | I had not had to beg for the beating. |
| 11 | 749 | I had not had to denounce myself before or during the beating. |