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_All learning must begin with a need. And / when the tried old ideas won't work for a / people -- won't conquer defeat and despair -- a / new way of thinking must be found._
Hands shook at his shoulder, dragging him awake. Lanny's foster father was bent over him, whispering urgently, "Get up, boy. We have to leave."