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EVERYONE GOT HONORABLE MENTION
As a general proposition, by the time my essays have been dictated and reread twice in the proofreading process, I grow sick of them and want them to be completed and mailed. In the last series of essays, I thought that two or three of them were worthwhile. One of them had to do with…
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AN ESSAY PAUSE
During the last fifteen years there have been 740 essays composed at this desk. Actually it is not a desk. It is a serving tray used by hospitals for holding meals for patients. For my purposes, the tray serves eloquently. If my estimate is fairly correct, the first 250 or 300 essays were hand-written. That…
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EZRA’S OWN 700 CLUB
When I was a child, my parents forced me to attend a succession of churches. First there was the Southern Baptist, followed by the Nazarenes, followed by the Pentecostals and finally the Free Will Baptist Church. During this period in life, as I have told you on many occasions, I disliked or rather loathed church…
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SYNONYMS FOR THE MALE UNMENTIONABLE
Over the past few days or weeks, I have been negotiating with an entrepreneur who wishes to establish a new website for the purpose of making my essays available to all of mankind. I view this as a means of spreading the gospel to all four corners of the world. You can find it at…
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EZRA'S ESSAYS
I am thoroughly flattered that as I begin my 91st year on this vale of tears a website has been created for the publication of my essays. My undertakings always rely on absolute truth. Until recently, I didn’t know what a website or a blog was. Perhaps the most charitable explanation of my position is…