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CrimsonWool comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 18, chapter 87 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: CrimsonWool 20 June 2013 12:55:12PM 0 points [-]

From chapter 85:

"And the last was cousin to your young friend Lavender Brown, and he -" The old wizard's voice cracked. "He did not return, did poor John, and he saved none of those he meant to save."

Did anyone else get this ref? I haven't seen anyone else post about it.

Comment author: arundelo 20 June 2013 02:09:37PM 1 point [-]

Eliezer says on r/hpmor that it is a reference to the John Brown of Harpers Ferry. Responding to someone pointing out time-and-place difficulties, he says:

It's not to be taken that our John Brown was Dumbledore's student. Instead there was some other John Brown who, moved by the terrible suffering of a hellhole under the control of some Dark Wizard, went and attacked the Harp of Faery in an attempt to free them all at once - and died in the attempt.

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