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...justify my answers to philosophical questions by saying that they had been revealed to me in a communion with the Absolute. I believe that the university would have the right, in deed the obligation, to silence me. If Professor Wertha is maintaining that the supposed phenomena concerning auras, reincarnation, etc. have been factually established, then I believe he ought to be silenced or removed...
...peoplehood (am) of the Jews is a congenital condition I accept, along with a share in their fate. At the same time, I refuse to be burdened by such supernatural anachronisms as God, the Covenant. Divine Revelation, the Chosen People, the Messiah (what a mischievous and tragic notion!), etc.-although I know and respect the ethical content of the Jewish view of these ideas. It is enough that I am and my people are. To the orthodox, metadox and paradox Jews, the polydox are a welcome new strain...
Boilerplate: standard legal language used in motions, wills, pleadings, closings, etc. Also may be defined as excessive verbiage used in routine matters to cover every conceivable contingency. Usually baffling to laymen, but "court tested"-accepted by courts for so long that lawyers have little incentive to simplify...
According to the notice which announced the change to customers, bank officials attribute the new policy to increased costs in "areas over which we have little or no control: utilities, postage, telephone, taxes, printing costs, insurance, etc...
...bitched from the start . . . But when you get the damned hurt use it-don't cheat with it . . . About this time I wouldn't blame you if you gave me a burst. Jesus it's marvellous to tell other people how to write, live, die etc. . . . You see, Bo, you're not a tragic character. Neither am I. All we are is writers and what we should do is write. Of all people on earth you needed discipline in your work and instead you marry someone who is jealous of your work, wants to compete with...