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th
e
maste
r
himself.

I
n
 
th
e
 
past
,
 
th
e
 
emphasi
s
 
ha
s
 
bee
n
 
o
n
 
tryin
g
 
t
o
 
"normalize
"
 
suc
h
 
individuals
,
 
t
o
 
mol
d
 
the
m
 
into
product
s
mor
e
suitabl
e
t
o
society'
s
needs
.
Eve
n
"Catherin
e
Deneuve
"
wa
s
encourage
d
 
t
o
 
spen
d
 
les
s
 
time paintin
g
 
an
d
 
mor
e
 
tim
e
 
learnin
g
 
t
o
 
dres
s
 
an
d
 
fee
d
 
herself
.
 
I
f
 
no
t
 
cultivate
d
 
an
d
 
encouraged
,
 
however,
thes
e
remarkabl
e
abilitie
s
ca
n
b
e
 
lost
,
 
an
d
 
attempt
s
 
ar
e
 
no
w
 
bein
g
 
made
,
 
a
t
 
variou
s
 
institutions
,
 
t
o
 
allow
suc
h
peopl
e
t
o
develo
p
thei
r
gift
s
t
o
th
e
fullest.

However
,
 
mos
t
 
savant
s
 
ar
e
 
ver
y
 
difficul
t
 
t
o
 
communicat
e
 
with
.
 
Norma
l
 
discours
e
 
wit
h
 
"Catherine,"
fo
r
example
,
wa
s
impossible
.
Bu
t
pro
t
wa
s
alert
,
rational
,
abl
e
t
o
 
functio
n
 
normally
.
 
Wha
t
 
migh
t
w
e
 
learn
fro
m
suc
h
a
n
individual
?
Wha
t
els
e
di
d
h
e
kno
w
abou
t
th
e
stars
,
fo
r
example
?
Migh
t
 
ther
e
 
b
e
 
mor
e
 
ways
t
o
 
arriv
e
 
a
t
 
knowledg
e
 
tha
n
 
w
e
 
ar
e
 
willin
g
t
o
 
admit
?
 
Ther
e
 
is
,
 
afte
r
 
all
,
 
a
 
fin
e
 
lin
e
 
betwee
n
 
insanit
y
 
and genius-consider
,
fo
r
example
,
Blake
,
Woolf
,
Schumann
,
Nijinsky
,
and
,
o
f
course
,
va
n
 
Gogh
.
 
Eve
n
 
Freud
wa
s
plague
d
b
y
sever
e
menta
l
problems
.
Th
e
poe
t
Joh
n
Dryde
n
pu
t
i
t
thi
s
way:

Grea
t
wit
s
ar
e
sur
e
t
o
madnes
s
nea
r
alli'd

An
d
thi
n
partition
s
d
o
thei
r
bound
s
divide.

I
brough
t
thi
s
u
p
a
t
th
e
Monda
y
mornin
g
staf
f
meeting
,
wher
e
I
propose
d
t
o
 
le
t
 
pro
t
 
rambl
e
 
o
n
 
about
whateve
r
 
h
e
 
wante
d
 
an
d
 
tr
y
 
t
o
 
determin
e
 
whethe
r
 
ther
e
 
wa
s
 
anythin
g
 
o
f
 
valu
e
 
h
e
 
migh
t
 
hav
e
 
t
o
 
tel
l
 
us
abou
t
hi
s
(our
)
world
,
a
s
wel
l
 
a
s
 
hi
s
 
ow
n
 
conditio
n
 
an
d
 
identity
.
 
Unfortunately
,
 
despit
e
 
th
e
 
substantiating
presenc
e
 
o
f
 
"Catherin
e
 
Deneuve"'
s
 
priceles
s
 
painting
,
 
ther
e
 
wa
s
 
littl
e
 
enthusias
m
 
fo
r
 
thi
s
 
idea
.
 
Indeed,
Klau
s
 
Villers
,
 
withou
t
 
eve
r
 
havin
g
 
see
n
 
th
e
 
patient
,
 
pronounce
d
 
hi
m
 
suc
h
 
a
 
hopeles
s
 
cas
e
 
tha
t
 
more
aggressiv
e
 
measure
s
 
shoul
d
 
b
e
 
instigate
d
 
"a
t
 
z
e
 
firs
t
 
suitabl
e
 
opportunity,
"
 
thoug
h
 
he'
s
 
probabl
y
 
more conservativ
e
i
n
hi
s
approac
h
t
o
 
hi
s
 
ow
n
 
patient
s
 
tha
n
 
anyon
e
 
els
e
 
o
n
 
th
e
 
staff
.
 
Th
e
 
consensus
,
 
however,
wa
s
 
tha
t
 
littl
e
 
wa
s
 
t
o
 
b
e
 
los
t
 
b
y
 
givin
g
m
y
patien
t
 
a
 
fe
w
 
mor
e
 
week
s
 
t
o
 
hav
e
 
hi
s
 
sa
y
 
befor
e
 
turnin
g
 
him
ove
r
t
o
th
e
pharmacologist
s
an
d
surgeons.

Ther
e
wa
s
anothe
r
face
t
t
o
th
e
cas
e
tha
t
I
di
d
no
t
mentio
n
a
t
tha
t
 
meeting
:
 
prot'
s
 
presenc
e
 
seeme
d
 
to
b
e
havin
g
 
a
 
positiv
e
 
effec
t
 
o
n
 
som
e
 
o
f
 
th
e
 
othe
r
 
patient
s
 
i
n
hi
s
 
ward
.
 
Fo
r
 
example
,
 
Erni
e
 
wa
s
 
takin
g
 
his
temperatur
e
 
les
s
 
frequently
,
 
an
d
 
Howi
e
 
seeme
d
 
a
 
bi
t
 
les
s
 
frenetic
.
 
H
e
 
eve
n
 
sa
t
 
dow
n
 
on
e
 
nigh
t
 
and watche
d
 
a
 
Ne
w
 
Yor
k
 
Philharmoni
c
 
concer
t
 
o
n
 
television
,
 
I
 
wa
s
 
told
.
 
Som
e
 
o
f
 
th
e
 
othe
r
 
patient
s
 
were
beginnin
g
t
o
tak
e
a
greate
r
interes
t
i
n
thei
r
surrounding
s
a
s
well.