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		<title>Grlucas: Update.</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;My feeling about semantics may be correct. Arguing last night with Jean &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Malaquais&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;A Polish Jew (real name Vladimir Malacki) whose parents perished in the Holocaust, [[w&lt;/del&gt;:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Jean Malaquais|&lt;/del&gt;Malaquais&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] (1909-98) was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War. {{NM&lt;/del&gt;}} &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;has often said that Malaquais influenced him intellectually more than anyone else. They met in Paris in 1947 and became close friends a year later when Malaquais was translating &#039;&#039;[[The Naked and the Dead]]&#039;&#039; into French. Malaquais and his first wife Galy lived with the Mailers when they spent a year in Hollywood, 1949-50. During their time together, Malaquais, who wrote several novels, informally tutored NM on leftist thought and the history of the Russian Revolution. See NM’s “[[My Friend, Jean Malaquais]],” an introduction to Malaquais’s 1954 novel, &#039;&#039;The Joker&#039;&#039;, rpt., &#039;&#039;[[Pieces and Pontifications]]&#039;&#039;.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;My feeling about semantics may be correct. Arguing last night with Jean &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{LJ&lt;/ins&gt;:Malaquais}} I asked him if semantics are opposed to mysticism, and he said “absolutely.” Certainly as he presents it, they are.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Grlucas: Added quotation marks.</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;My feeling about semantics may be correct. Arguing last night with Jean Malaquais&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;A Polish Jew (real name Vladimir Malacki) whose parents perished in the Holocaust, [[w:Jean Malaquais|Malaquais]] (1909-98) was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War. {{NM}} has often said that Malaquais influenced him intellectually more than anyone else. They met in Paris in 1947 and became close friends a year later when Malaquais was translating &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Naked and the Dead]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; into French. Malaquais and his first wife Galy lived with the Mailers when they spent a year in Hollywood, 1949-50. During their time together, Malaquais, who wrote several novels, informally tutored NM on leftist thought and the history of the Russian Revolution. See NM’s “[[My Friend, Jean Malaquais]],” an introduction to Malaquais’s 1954 novel, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Joker&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, rpt., &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Pieces and Pontifications]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;My feeling about semantics may be correct. Arguing last night with Jean Malaquais&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;A Polish Jew (real name Vladimir Malacki) whose parents perished in the Holocaust, [[w:Jean Malaquais|Malaquais]] (1909-98) was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War. {{NM}} has often said that Malaquais influenced him intellectually more than anyone else. They met in Paris in 1947 and became close friends a year later when Malaquais was translating &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Naked and the Dead]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; into French. Malaquais and his first wife Galy lived with the Mailers when they spent a year in Hollywood, 1949-50. During their time together, Malaquais, who wrote several novels, informally tutored NM on leftist thought and the history of the Russian Revolution. See NM’s “[[My Friend, Jean Malaquais]],” an introduction to Malaquais’s 1954 novel, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Joker&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, rpt., &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Pieces and Pontifications]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; I asked him if semantics are opposed to mysticism, and he said &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;absolutely&lt;/del&gt;. Certainly as he presents it, they are.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; I asked him if semantics are opposed to mysticism, and he said &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;“absolutely&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;” &lt;/ins&gt;Certainly as he presents it, they are.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Grlucas: Created page.</title>
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My feeling about semantics may be correct. Arguing last night with Jean Malaquais&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;A Polish Jew (real name Vladimir Malacki) whose parents perished in the Holocaust, [[w:Jean Malaquais|Malaquais]] (1909-98) was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War. {{NM}} has often said that Malaquais influenced him intellectually more than anyone else. They met in Paris in 1947 and became close friends a year later when Malaquais was translating &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Naked and the Dead]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; into French. Malaquais and his first wife Galy lived with the Mailers when they spent a year in Hollywood, 1949-50. During their time together, Malaquais, who wrote several novels, informally tutored NM on leftist thought and the history of the Russian Revolution. See NM’s “[[My Friend, Jean Malaquais]],” an introduction to Malaquais’s 1954 novel, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Joker&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, rpt., &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Pieces and Pontifications]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; I asked him if semantics are opposed to mysticism, and he said absolutely. Certainly as he presents it, they are.&lt;br /&gt;
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