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2016/75: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet -- David Mitchell
Sunday, February 19th, 2017 10:05 am2016/75: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet -- David Mitchell
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"Doctor, do you believe in the Soul’s existence?"
Marinus prepares, the clerk expects, an erudite and arcane reply.
"Yes."
"Then where . . ." Jacob indicates the pious, profane skeleton ". . . is it?"
"The soul is a verb," he impales a lit candle on a spike, "not a noun."[loc. 3042]
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