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  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. Epigraph
  4. Memnoir
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some of the diffuse sensations of early childhood may still surprise us as we consider their names e.g. joy frustration shame anxiety love rage fear anger wonder curiosity disgust surprise longing humor pride self-respect fear but not terror fear but not horror

the mother however might not like surprises e.g. wanting to know for how many generations a Negro in the bloodlines can produce a throwback the word is memory the child recalls this use of memory does not know what to say for a very long time: The soul is inwardness, as soon as and insofar as it is no longer outwardness; it is memoria, insofar as it does not lose itself in curiositas.

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