Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.

The rules of make-believe kept alive the integrity of the girls' lost social world. They kindled hope, or as Alice put it, "an inner light," fortifying the children with the self-restraint and forbearance they needed to endure the next day.
Rules of make-believe kept alive the girls' lost social world. Hope, or as Alice put it, "an inner light," gave the children self-restraint and forbearance needed to survive.

The proof most commonly put forth for the soulas a thing that exists and weighssomething is thatthe body weighs something less, after death--
Proof commonly put forth that the soul exists and has weight is that the body weighs less after death--

"This hour-long tape recording, employing the casual format of the candid microphone, offers thirteen diverse English speech patterns gleaned from as many off the cuff interviews."

This recording offers thirteen diverse English speech patterns gleaned from as many off the cuff interviews.

