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   | Mitchell :  | "Improving the breed, Doctor? Is that your line?"  |  
   | Dehner :  | "I heard that's more your specialty, Commander, line included."  |  
 
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| Mitchell :  | "The first thing I ever heard from upperclassmen was 'watch out for Lieutenant Kirk. In his class, you either think or sink.'"  |   | to Kirk |  
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   | Kirk :  | "You? Spinoza?"  |  
   | Mitchell :  | "Once you get into him, he's rather simple though. Childish, almost. I don't agree with him at all."  |  
 
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| Dehner :  | "No one's been hurt, have they? Don't you understand? A mutated superior man could also be a wonderful thing! The forerunner of a new and better kind of human being!"  |   | to Kirk |  
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| Kirk :  | "Did you hear him joke about compassion? Above all else a 'god' needs compassion!"  |   | to Dehner; regarding Mitchell |  
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