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Philosophy 44.

wish I could but I know I did something definitely dishonest. The only obvious thing I've done. Maybe I should be hypnotized, but I don't believe in hypnotism except for ill health, because I don't like the idea of another person getting control over my mind. I think we have to watch that.

G: Is there anything else you would do differently?

B: In a roundabout way. A friend said to me one day, "When we die and reincarnate we may be a different se, nationality, or color, but our nature is the same. If you're a miser you are not going to come back being a generous person. If you are a wise person you are not going to come back being stupid. That suggests that with the weaknesses in my nature I fear I would do very much the same thing. Actually, I have great weakness in my character because for me it's very hard to say no. I should have said no to Paul when I saw what he was like.
Or, say Steve Hoag. I met Steve and he invited me out, in a very direct nice way to friends. I liked him. There was nothing close particularly. He was just a nice man, different from any man I'd ever met, and when I crossed the street against the light he swore at me, and it was so terrible to be sworn at like that I went home and cried. He phoned and hour after and he was so sweet. He said, "Look, I swear. It doesn't mean anything. All my friends know it. It's because