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On Reading Bertrand Russell

On Reading Bertrand Russell -- A History of Western Philosophy copyright date 1945 Trenchant treatise purchased August 25th, 2020 at Limerick Chapel Book Sale (in Church gym) offered old library books cost 25 cents apiece. Musty tome seventy five years out of print found welcome home nevertheless mine brown myopic eyes eagerly roam affixing knowledge within fifty plus shades double fisted size gray matter with cerebral dome. Aging long haired pencil necked geek said storied author I effusively bespeak, his whose pedantic trademark style revered analogous to beholding resplendent riches property of selfless sheikh. Impossible mission to describe intoxicating sensation when yours truly doth imbibe superfluous words cannot oversubscribe most august emotional vibe. Though agog where euphoria doth alight each word, sentence, paragraph... metaphorical tasty bite read outloud with deliberate delight (tis akin to kid in candy store) senses luxuriate across elapsed millenniums excite genuine fanciful flight comfortably numbskull buzzfeeding until time for goodnight becoming learned about height civilizations flourished food for thought insight bedazzling mental receptors as if fingers fondle jadeite perhaps carved as chess piece (think) knight phosphorescence generating light emanating courtesy enthusiasm powered thru awesome might thru simple pleasure reading me oblivious to approach of night ever since boyhood reveled within world printed pages poured splendor (worth more than fine spun gold) outright dependable catharsis to ameliorate most any psychological plight strong medicine agreeable with garden variety generic bookworm quite now if ye will please pardon me aye venture to experience remote contra dancing right fully ceased going since coronavirus (COVID-19), if curious just access https://www.thursdaycontra.com/ virtualDance.html website.

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