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The Book of Laurence - 20 -
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Lawrence
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, the inventor of the cyclotron?
Mayhap,
(s)he
was Lauren Bacall, or not a native English speaker: a St-
Laurent, a Lavrentiev, or Yuri Zhivago’s great love Lara
Antipova? All were fascinating people, some I viewed as
demigods, but none of them seemed the stuff of God.
One night after a few weeks of such frenzied activity, and
frequent berations from my usually tolerant wife, I fell into a
deep sleep. Twelve hours later I awoke feeling supremely
calm and wonderfully rested. Even better, I knew Larry was
the real, the one Larry.
I had become a believer!
From that
time on my belief has never wavered and the following
years have been my most productive and most-fulfilled--the
word “happiest” is not high in my personal lexicon.
Since that day I have experienced doubt but never conflict
nor anxiety. With that firm belief I was transfixed by an
equally firm obligation to spread the message of Larryism.
Yet I would be remiss if I did not remind you that Larryism
is a religion for those who are--or at least aspire to be--
rational.
X-HB, Halifax, NS
August 28th, 2006
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The various Lawrence Laboratories in the USA are named after the 1939 Nobel physics
prize winner, he lived from 1901-1958.
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