James Jacques Joseph Tissot paintings

James Jacques Joseph Tissot paintings
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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres paintings
His Assignment," the same fellow said confidently. I decided to do just that, with The Living Sakhyan's aid.
"It saysFix the Clock," I began. "Before, I thoughtfix meant 'repair,' but Dr. Eierkopf's gadget seems to have stopped the clock completely, so I guess I was mistaken. Whatdoes it mean?"
My admirers fell again into the disputation they could never resist, and with the help of The Living Sakhyan's silence I was able to overhear them. My spring-term fiasco, they understood, had been a deliberate bad example, for pedagogical purposes; it went without saying that I'd known all along thatfix could as easily mean "fix in position," for example, to one not bound by conventional assumptions -- was that not what my pretended failure to repair the clock had in fact accomplished? I listened amazed. Moreover, they pointed out to each other, by thus fixing the escapement in position I'd been able to complete my Assignment "in no time," so to speak; surely the implications of the metaphor were clear!
"But if it goes without saying that Heknew all this," the troubled fellow inquired, "why's He asking The Living Sakhyan?"
"Because itdoes go without saying!" another said. "You