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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=severiansola@hotmail.com
href="mailto:severiansola@hotmail.com">Lee Berman</A> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>> Yes. If we read carefully, the text more precisely supports
larry: that Severian <BR>> has the memories of all the old autarchs
evidenced by his knowledge of ancient <BR>> autarch words. That
Severian finds nothing familiar in the suites set aide for <BR></DIV>
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the autarchs suggests that no previous autarch ever used the suite. <BR>>
<BR>> Thus, larry's conclusion that the contents of the suite, including the
mandragora,<BR>> may date back to Typhon's era, is supported. You could argue
that Severian just <BR>> happens to remember the words for the suite but just
happens to forget the contents. <BR>> But the only purpose of such a
toothless assertion would be a desperate attempt to<BR>> win a losing
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<DIV>Severian: “What a delight it was to discover the treasures those same
predecessors [the Autarchs] had left behind.”</DIV>
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<DIV>As for the words, they are kept fresh in the memory of all Autarchs because
they unlock many doors, both doors they use regularly, and doors they and their
predecessors have not opened for centuries. The contents of rooms unopened
for centuries are naturally forgotten; the Old Autarch himself pointed out that
only his memories will be vivid in the mind of Severian.</DIV>
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<DIV>You are flailing desperately here, Lee. The only cure is to reassess
your habit of clutching at some random word or even syllable with no connection
to the narrative, then asserting it to be proof of some bizarre secret history
whilst ignoring its incompatibility with events, characters and storyline.
[In this case, the notion that Typhon would have wished or intended to live on
as a pickled homunculus in a jar. We actually know how he lived on.
And when he met Severian, he did not ask about the homunculus.]</DIV>
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<DIV>- Gerry Quinn</DIV>
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