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pensée
[ pahn-sey ]
noun
- a reflection or thought.
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The repetition of thought (in the rime) is correct; the F. text repeats pensee.
There was an arriere pensee here too, born in the minds of northern capitalists.
For myself, I am glad now that I never saw the city that was; for I can love the city that is with no arriere pensee.
Here we have the "Arriere pensee" clue, that is, the clue in mental reservation; and here we meet the axiom.
A savage will not assist in packing them, for he fears their heels: the Swiss say mules have always an arriere-pensee.
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