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I have the book in my office and looked at it yesterday. It mentions a childhood memory of going to a bookstore and feeling the sphincter tighten, or something like that. It's hardly the same, and if a cause can be assigned from context, it's the excitement of seeing so many books. Thanks Jun Kayama,
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Looks like someone has cleaned up the article. Sorry for letting the translation process drag on too long and leaving the formatting etc. to others. I guess a separate website/blog/book would be a preferable medium for sharing the more meandering thinking on this topic.
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