I am under the influence of a powerful narcotic. Am I alive or dead? Alive? How can I tell? Dead? How can I know? Are not both conditions one and the same? I was stillborn; that is, I was delivered dead, without breath, without pulse. When I was old enough to understand, I was told that doctors worked for many long minutes to give me life. And now I believe I am alive. But how do I know the doctors revived me? Might I not someday learn that life is...
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