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” Demilan hoped Maileena wouldn’t think that he was underrating her, though the truth was he wasn't going to depend on any skills on her part
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I am not underrating the rest of his work
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The game is much more complex than it used to be, principally because the reformers have learned to play it more intelligently, and those who fail to give them credit for astuteness know little about the rules; the politicians themselves have ceased to make the mistake of underrating their antagonists