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Wonderful piece!

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Plainspoken and erudite, essential and evocative, pointing me to books I need to re-read, and others I need to pickup (in these times). Thanks!

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So thought provoking, thank you.

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Fabulous insights.

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What a pleasure to read this as I settle in for yet another revision...I am going to remind myself of Thoreau's words... and no story without conflict.

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Thank you for your share. May you have a very Happy Holiday Season

and a Merry Christmas.

Warm regards

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I only recently discovered Poe's "The Gold Bug" when I purchased a 1927 volume of The World's 100 Best Short Stories from a library bookstore. What an exciting story! I can imagine it being even more exciting to read as a child.

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