Fahrenheit 451

Can you analyze this quotation Please?

Beatty puffed his pipe. "Every fireman, sooner or later, hits this. They only need understanding, to know how the wheels run. Need to know the history of our profession. They don't feed it to rookies like they used to. Damn shame." Puff. "Only fire chiefs remember it now." Puff. "I'll let you in on it

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Beatty knows Montag is thinking "outside the box". When Montag steals the book and finds himself unable to face Captain Beatty and the others, he calls in sick. Beatty knows immediately what has happened, He gives him a lecture on the history of firemen. He tells Montag to be content with how the wheels run rather than why the wheels run.

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