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This reads as a comment on how desire sharpens attention. It can be taken to mean that love makes people read more carefully than they normally would, because every word in a letter feels charged with meaning. It lands in the ordinary scene of waiting for news from someone beloved, when even plain language suddenly seems important.
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Originally said in English.
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About Mortimer Adler
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