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    <body><![CDATA[Philosophy, psychology, politics, history, literary and artistic criticism...all packaged in a seemingly endless stream of &quot;linear&quot; observation and amiable, anarchic writer-to-reader conversation. Simply a delight.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite Gertude Stein. This is a moving &amp; wonderful account (with many sidebars) of her lecture tours in America during the 1930s. The ex-partriate come &quot;home&quot; &amp; expounds upon her genius!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Even if one has a knack for arresting observation, referring repeatedly to oneself as a genius will annoy yes it will annoy one's readers even if the readers like the book yes they like it.]]></body>
    
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