Johnyxxx
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Hello,
I am not sure if I understand the bold text. Cam is probably Cambridge but I do not know how to approach the phrase all out in the context. Could it be a variation of all-in, that is weary or tired?
Some important glands, of course, rule a man's whole life. Others again--what use is a lymphatic to the soul? To "x."? Well, we must deal with the glands in detail, at the fountain-head, in the brain. My writing seems to irritate him. Daren't give drugs. He flushes and pales too easily. Absence of skull? Now, a little cut and tie--and we shall see. N.B.--To keep this record very distinct from the pure surgery of the business. A concentrated, sustained yell. It has quite shaken me. I never heard the like. "All out" too, as we used to say on the Cam; he's physically exhausted--e.g., has stopped kicking. Legs limp as possible. Pure funk; I never hurt him.
Aleister Crowley, The Soul Hunter, 1909
Thanks a lot.
I am not sure if I understand the bold text. Cam is probably Cambridge but I do not know how to approach the phrase all out in the context. Could it be a variation of all-in, that is weary or tired?
Some important glands, of course, rule a man's whole life. Others again--what use is a lymphatic to the soul? To "x."? Well, we must deal with the glands in detail, at the fountain-head, in the brain. My writing seems to irritate him. Daren't give drugs. He flushes and pales too easily. Absence of skull? Now, a little cut and tie--and we shall see. N.B.--To keep this record very distinct from the pure surgery of the business. A concentrated, sustained yell. It has quite shaken me. I never heard the like. "All out" too, as we used to say on the Cam; he's physically exhausted--e.g., has stopped kicking. Legs limp as possible. Pure funk; I never hurt him.
Aleister Crowley, The Soul Hunter, 1909
Thanks a lot.
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