how frequently does the letter "l" appear in:
a thought experiment.
i do not know how we would measure the upper limit of human happiness or even how we could determine from signs who is most happy—and that’s not because, as hamlet knew, signs can be faked but because different people express their happiness in different ways. his smile may for all i know mean so much more than her laughter. i do know that there is an upper limit to human happiness. i like the expression “totally happy.” if you are totally happy, you are as happy as you can be. anyone can be totally happy. no one can be totally happy all the time—or even most of the time. some people can be happy to have a strip of bacon on their cheese and tomato sandwich. some people cannot be happy with a 100 foot yacht on the dock of their mediterranean villa. it seems to me that the former are the luckier.
emily dickinson observed,
could themself have peeped –
and seen my brain – go round –
they might as wise have lodged a bird
for treason – in the pound –
himself has but to will
and easy as a star
look down upon captivity –
and laugh
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thank you for your kind words. i'm fifty and i've been writing my whole life as far as i know. i would be glad to have you subscribe to this blog. it's open to all.
no middle ground? either cloister or shallow world curiosity?
no middle ground? it's all middle ground in fact. the edges are only conceptual. and i said "luckier" not "deeper." there's nothing shallow about "world curiosity." a person who can become totally happy in his own back yard is luckier because his back yard is always there and easy to get to. it's not a moral difference.
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The given text has 73 "l"s.
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