"A book is a mirror: if an ape ...  "A book is a mirror:
if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out."
G.C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg
“Notebook E,†aph. 49, Aphorisms (written 1765-1799), trans. by R.J. Hollingdale (1990)
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shacklelock: shacklelock:
A shackle; from the original meaning of the word shackle: the wrist; hence to shackle.
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