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   Message 2,598 of 4,347   
   mark lewis to Alexander Koryagin   
   live out   
   09 Apr 19 12:20:24   
   
   REPLY: 2:221/6.0 5cac8ad0   
   MSGID: 1:3634/12.73 5cacc761   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20180707   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   TZUTC: -0400   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 07-09-15   
    On 2019 Apr 09 15:06:48, you wrote to All:   
      
    AK>     ALCHEMIST, PAULO COELHO   
      
    AK> -----Beginning of the citation-----   
    AK>     "Why are you called the alchemist?"   
    AK>     "Because that's what I am."   
    AK>     "And what went wrong when other alchemists tried to make gold and were   
    AK> unable to do so?"   
    AK>     "They were looking only for gold," his companion answered.   
    AK>     "They were seeking the treasure  of  their  Personal  Legend, without   
    AK> wanting actually to live out the Personal Legend."   
    AK> ----- The end of the citation -----   
      
    AK> Can we replace "live out" with something more common?   
      
   maybe a rephrase?   
      
    "They were seeking the treasure of their Personal Legend, without actually   
   wanting to live the Personal Legend."   
      
   but then one should also consider the time of the writing and how things were   
   said/written at that point in time...   
      
   i was helping a friend writing a book... i was proofreading and sending back   
   corrections... the problem was that i was correcting a lot of colloquialisms   
   that they had specifically put in to bring those speaking habits more to life   
   and make the characters more realistic for the area in which they lived...   
      
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