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This is me in a nutshell...I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind..."
"I am an Idea
conceived in the mind of the Universe
And interpreted in the minds
of the individuals I meet
Within myself I am constant
Yet, I am as ever changing
as the people who interpret me
I can control my actions
But I cannot control their thoughts
Therefore, I must do what I think is right
And let others
Think what they will"
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'Trippers and askers surround me,
People I meet, the effect upon me of my early lifeor the
ward and city I live in, or the nation,
The latest dates,discoveries, inventions, societies,
authors old and new,
My dinner, dress, associates, looks,compliments, dues,
The real or fancied indifference of some man or woman
I love,
The sickness of one of my folks or of myself, or ill-doing
or loss or lack of money, or depressions or
exaltations,
Battles, the horrors or fatricidal war, the fever of
doubtful news, the fitful events;
These come to me days and nights and go from me again,
But they are not the Me myself.
Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am,
Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary,
Looks down, is erect, or bends an arm on and impalpable
certain rest,
Looking with side-curved head curious what will come next,
Both in and out of the game and watching and wondering
at it.
Backward I see in my own days where I sweated through
fog with linguists and contenders,
I have no mockings or arguments, I witness and wait.'
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