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Shamus

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2020.04.03 11:40

Excerpt from Cool Air by H.P. Lovecraft.

He sought to distract

my mind from my own seizure by speaking of his theories and experiments; and I remember his tactfully consoling me about my weak heart by insisting that will and consciousness are stronger than organic life itself, so that if a bodily frame be but originally healthy and carefully preserved, it may through a scientific enhancement of these qualities retain a kind of nervous animation despite the most serious impairments, defects, or even absences in the battery of specific organs. He might, he half jestingly said, some day teach me to live—or at least to possess some kind of conscious existence—without any heart at all! For his part, he was afflicted with a complication of maladies requiring a very exact regimen which included constant cold. Any marked rise in temperature might, if prolonged, affect him fatally;
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  • Shamus 2020.04.03 11:43

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    I read this story last night. It gave me a kind of weird comfort to read it at such a late hour. I guess I like horror before sleeping. 😅, I wonder if it affects my dreams. 🤔
  • Colin_Xu 2020.04.03 12:00

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    while i like watching horror before sleeping
  • samah 2020.04.03 12:25

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    Your voice look like a person who told us a story before sleeping. Keep going♥️♥️♥️
  • Viviana 妮妮 2020.04.03 13:59

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    Thanks for sharing
  • Thyme 2020.04.03 14:56

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    Omg your accent is almost the same as my teacher from UK🤣🤣
  • Hailey 2020.04.03 15:52

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    Love your voice!

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