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Eve Drewelowe's journals, volumes II-III, 1950s

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you were born with then. If it were medically possible for us physicians to change you, we would not do so because you would be the loser. The advantages gained would not compensate for the losses."
And again, "If we could change your physical characteristics, the bio-diversity of the organism and make you dull and stupid, you would have no allergies. However, you wouldn't be you."
"If it were possible to change the fine sensitivities for a more comfortable make-up, implying by comfortable - dull-witted, you would be free from allergies. It is your artistic temperament that makes you what you are and we would not change that. You are the people who make the world go around."
"Moreover," he said, "you must absolutely realize your boundaries and confine yourself to them - stop before a crash and go to bed periodically to store up another amount of energy and reserve to draw upon. You are physically incapable of maintaining the average page. From your life must be eliminated all annoyances and irritations. Since it is impossible to change you, your environment shall have to have alternatives. Furthermore, you shall have + live like a hermit."

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you were born with then. If it were medically possible for us physicians to change you, we would not do so because you would be the loser. The advantages gained would not compensate for the losses." And again, "If we could change your physical characteristics, the bio-diversity of the organism and make you dull and stupid, you would have no allergies. However, you wouldn't be you." "If it were possible to change the fine sensitivities for a more comfortable make-up, implying by comfortable - dull-witted, you would be free from allergies. It is your artistic temperament that makes you what you are and we would not change that. You are the people who make the world go around." "Moreover," he said, "you must absolutely realize your boundaries and confine yourself to them - stop before a crash and go to bed periodically to store up another amount of energy and reserve to draw upon. You are physically incapable of maintaining the average page. From your life must be eliminated all annoyances and irritations. Since it is impossible to change you, your environment shall have to have alternatives. Furthermore, you shall have + live like a hermit."