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I don't think I've mentioned that I've started On the Road. Goes without saying that it's fantastic. And if anyone happens to be in Iowa, the original manuscrpit, which is a 120 foot scroll of taped together pages that legend says he typed continuously in 20 days, is on display, unrolled, at the University of Iowa in DeMoines. The manuscript differs slightly in various passages from the eventual published version, and the last 5 or so pages are torn off, which a pencil note in Kerouc's handwriting on the back blames on a dog.
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'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.'
-TJ
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