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"That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it."

Boris Pasternak, Russian Novelist

Forbidden, Metaphysics

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"That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it."

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"That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it."

Boris Pasternak, Russian Novelist

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