Mina Loy - Stories and Essays of Mina Loy

“whole unimaginable tonnage” was “whole universal tonnage”

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“the nerve centre of the brain” was “the brain”

“and provides energy. . surplus runs” is a later addition

“Its outlet” reads “Its onlet”— ed .

“mystery left by an” was “mystery of an”

“has come. . animation” is written along the margin of a page, and is a later addition

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Above “This is understandable” reads “The philosophy of a civilisation dies when a race has forgotten the interpretation of its geniuses.”— ed .

“understandable inasmuch” was “understandable for”

“bifurcate” reads “bifurcated”— ed .

“feral motor extensions”—“feral” is unclear— ed .

“(but this is too. . formulas)” is not bracketed in Loy’s draft — ed .

“this is too intricate” was “this is an almo” and “a go”

Next to “slumber” reads “???”— ed .

“Not being pushed” reads “(not being pushed”— ed .

“Not being. . time” is a later addition

“In both conditions” may be “to both conditions”— ed .

“then are animated” may be “there are animated”— ed .

“erect position” was “upr”

“stay awake indefinitely” was “stay awake for ever”

“possibility or likelihood” reads “possibility if likelihood”— ed .

“tends towards” was “indicates” in both instances

“might it not” was “may it not”

“inadaptability to its functions” reads “inadaptability of to its functions”— ed .

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“for all the great” was “for none of”

“mediates such as Christ” reads “mediates as christ”— ed .

“would-be expounders”—“expounders” is unclear— ed .

“laboured to convey” was “laboured to make the”

“to the rest” was “to the w”

“a christ” is Loy’s spelling

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After “be taken away” reads the following:

Of Genius

Genius is honesty

talent is theft.

Education is the training for intellectual thievery.

What is faith—

faith is the ability to set in operation, forces of whose existence you have no guarantee except through their (results effects)

Morality is not a device but a birth-right

Morality is as impersonal as criminality

Psychological Distance

There is a distance

or rather a proximity at which number is heterogeneous.

A thousand bugs at sufficient distance if focussed by a magnifying glass would present one bug to the power of form.

There is a distance at which number is homogeneous.

proximity produces diversity

distance produces uniformity

III.

“consciousness is deepest” reads “consciousness deepest”— “deepest with” may have been “is closest to”— ed .

“within himself” was “to himself”

“hovers at a slight distance” was “hovers between distance”— “slight” is unclear— ed .

“quite in contact” was “quite sure of”

“with his own mind” reads “of his own mind”— ed .

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“correct solution” was “correction answer”

From “I think therefore I am” to the end of section three is attrib- uted to “lo” in original— ed .

“coincident to his state” was “coincident with the”

“make-up — there” reads “make-up there”— ed .

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“Yet the flesh and the soul can say to one another — we suffer” was “But the flesh can say to the soul we suffer—”

“without contact with the soul” is a later addition, and is preceded by “?”— ed .

“to cure suffering” was “to destroy suffering”

“to cure happiness” was “to destroy happiness”

“there can never be” was “there has”

“ ‘Man’s inalienable’ ” reads “ ‘Man’s alienable’ ”— ed .

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“weep over” was “weep of”

“simple poignancy” was “simple and”

“conception of starving and” was “conception and”

“complex protractedness” was “complex vagueness”

“on starving” may be “in starving”— ed .

“The sight of” was “the beauty of” and “the aspect of”

“shop windows”—“shop” is unclear— ed .

“takes on a sudden” reads “take on sudden”— ed .

“ aspect féerique ” reads “ ‘aspect féerique’ ”— ed .

On either side of the sentence “Death — it. . mind” a line is drawn across the page— ed .

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“universe is of the third” reads “universe of the third”— ed .

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“But what is morality?” is attributed to “mi” in the original— ed .

“who has lied” was “who lies”

“for a temporary lie” was “of a lie”

“sake of ultimate truth” was “sake of truth”

The sentence “Yet it in. . ultimate truth” is repeated; the second variant reads: “Yet in an illogical society there is [often] the ne- cessity often presents itself for the temporary lie for the sake of ultimate truth.”— ed .

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“physical phenomena end” was “physical phenomena begin”

“cessation of visuality” was “interruption of sight”—only “inter- ruption” is crossed out— ed .

“wakefulness — sets up” reads “wakefulness sets up”— ed .

“aware of the fourth dimension” reads “existing in the (or aware of the fourth dimension)”—“existing in the” is crossed out— ed .

“without exits” reads “without issues (exits)”— ed .

“get out of the room” was “get outside of the room”

“he in the fourth dimension — can follow” was “he has control of his fourth dimensional potentiality”

“he is connective with infinite distance” reads “he (has connectivity is) connective”— ed .

After “be aware” reads “(find other word)”— ed .

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Beneath “the three dimensional” reads “BLIND BACK”— ed .

“ample consciousness find” was “ample consciousness are”

“third dimensional” reads “3rd dim”— ed .

“back to its source” reads “back to its share source”—source ap- pears to be a later correction— ed .

“inhabit the identical” was “inhabit our”

Beneath “nothingness” a line is drawn across the bottom of the page, followed by: “It is the nature of infinity that it is infinite at every point.”— ed .

“educational exercise” was “educational impressions”

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“he who immovably”—“immovably” is unclear and could be “immeasurably”— ed .

“submission of identity” was “the submission of identity”

“ libre arbitre ” reads “ ‘libre arbitre’ ” in first instance— ed .

“amid a loud diversity” was “amid diversity”

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A circle is drawn around mi’s statement “Truth is the question. . formula” followed by a series of four wavy lines across the page— ed .

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After “finds himself” about two thirds of the remaining page is left blank

IX.

After “asserts” reads “?”— ed .

“death of the body” was “deaths of the body”

“together amount to” reads “together (brought to a whole) amount to”— ed .