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All that to teach the value of work? I must say that I like the second half of the book a lot better than the first half of the book. I have not read many books by literary satirist and this book gave me a lot to think about. Candide's philosopher and friend lived by the belief that "all is well with the world" despite all the supporting reasons to believe otherswise. Candide gained fortunes and lost fortunes and spent half a lifetime traking down his maiden only to find she turned ugly in the e
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