THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Theodore Dalrymple) - The Mortal Clear-Out
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Takimag The Mortal Clear-Out The detritus of life can lead to attacks of disease, laughter, black magic, and other ills. TakiMag My grandmother believed in a good weekly clear-out, by which she meant a dose of castor oil to remove the body poisons that she believed inevitably led to the mind poisons. Fortunately, my mother did not share her obsession with bowel function. I thought of my grandmother as I indulged recently in a clear-out of my own, that of the enormous, depressing and reproachful accumulation of papers that have rendered an entire room in my house impassable. I want to be tidy before I die. I suppose these papers…Open