Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 54
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L'Innommable Segment 54, version 1 (Minuit 1953, p. 9)
Ce qu'il faut éviter, je ne sais pourquoi, c'est l'esprit de système.

The Unnamable Segment 54, version 2 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-1, f. 02r)
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The thing to avoid, I don't know why, is the spirit of system.

The Unnamable Segment 54, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 02r)
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The thing to avoid, I don't know why, is the spirit of system.
The Unnamable Segment 54, version 4 (Spectrum, p. 4)
The thing to avoid, I don't know why, is the spirit of system.

The Unnamable Segment 54, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 02r)
The thing to avoid, I don't know why, is the spirit of system.
The Unnamable Segment 54, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 4)
The thing to avoid, I don't know why, is the spirit of system.
L'Innommable Segment 54, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 9)
Ce qu'il faut éviter, je ne sais pourquoi, c'est l'esprit de système.