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What does it mean when he said "he is one of the last truly free individuals on this planet." And also "I sell real loaves-and-fishes miracles." in the following passage. Thanks so much.
"Thank you kindly, son. Name's Commerce. Lloyd Commerce, purveyor of the world's finest cleaning apparatus, the Miracle."
"I don't know what that is," said Samson.
"You don't know about the Miracle? Well, Samson, let me tell you: in a few years the Miracle will be the standard by which all vacuum cleaners will die. In a few years, if you don't have a Miracle in your broom closet you might as well just hang a sign outside your house saying 'We live in filth.' The Miracle is just the most advanced machines for the elimination of household dirt, dust, and disease that the world has ever known!"
"What is a purveyor?"
"I am a salesman, son, one of the last truly free individuals on this planet. I sell miracles, son. Not just vacuum cleaners. I sell real loaves-and-fishes miracles."
"Thank you kindly, son. Name's Commerce. Lloyd Commerce, purveyor of the world's finest cleaning apparatus, the Miracle."
"I don't know what that is," said Samson.
"You don't know about the Miracle? Well, Samson, let me tell you: in a few years the Miracle will be the standard by which all vacuum cleaners will die. In a few years, if you don't have a Miracle in your broom closet you might as well just hang a sign outside your house saying 'We live in filth.' The Miracle is just the most advanced machines for the elimination of household dirt, dust, and disease that the world has ever known!"
"What is a purveyor?"
"I am a salesman, son, one of the last truly free individuals on this planet. I sell miracles, son. Not just vacuum cleaners. I sell real loaves-and-fishes miracles."
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" He believes that salesmen who travel around to customer have more freedom than most people, because for example they do not have a boss standing behind them every minute of every day. " Some of the famous miracles described in the Bible involve loavs and fishes. He is saying that a good salesman makes the customer believe that the product is miraculous.
- " He believes that salesmen who travel around to customer have more freedom than most people, because for example they do not have a boss standing behind them every minute of every day.
- " Some of the famous miracles described in the Bible involve loavs and fishes.
- He is saying that a good salesman makes the customer believe that the product is miraculous.
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Hi,
What does it mean when he said "he is one of the last truly free individuals on this planet."
He believes that salesmen who travel around to customer have more freedom than most people, because for example they do not have a boss standing behind them every minute of every day.
And also "I sell real loaves-and-fishes miracles." Some of the famous miracles
What does it mean when he said "he is one of the last truly free individuals on this planet."
He believes that salesmen who travel around to customer have more freedom than most people, because for example they do not have a boss standing behind them every minute of every day.
And also "I sell real loaves-and-fishes miracles." Some of the famous miracles
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