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The Book of Laurence - 4 -
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“I profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that I have not the least personal
interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other
motive than the publick good of my country, by advancing our trade,
providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the
rich. I have no children, by which I can propose to get a single penny; the
youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing.”
Xavier likewise is entirely without personal interest.
Though, I have recently started a collection on his behalf. It
was not entirely easy to have him add just one contemporary
paragraph to his Revelation. Dr Hegel-Buber is happy
spending his declining years---may they be many---with his
books and his beloved wife Zipporah (‘Zippy’ to Xavier),
and, when they happen, in his chats with Larry who never
ceases to surprise Xavier.
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Jonathan Borwein
Halifax, Nova Scotia
December 20th, 2011
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Xavier told me that, in one of their last chats in 2006, Larry said he had just read a “God
vs. Science” debate in Time between Richard Dawkins (atheist evolutionary biologist) and
Francis Collins (who ran the Human Genome project and is a practicing Christian). Larry
said they were both wrong---after all Larry exists---but Dawkins was much less wrong
(see Time Magazine of November 13th 2006,
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