A Letter to a Confrere

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How is it that, whenever you write and I read, I feel like I plunged into your sea of wisdom only to float right back up in a sense of calm and serenity? How do you do it?

You and me, we share a lot — our background, education, social class — and I am keenly aware that we have very similar affinities. I know we are moved by the same ideas, sights, and events. And yet, when I tap into my reserves, I go to dark and lonely…