(Written at age 22) "My nature is intense in its likes and disli… — "Personal Apologia," handwritten self-examination inscribed on the back of a concert programme with the byline date of January 30, 1933

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(Written at age 22) "My nature is intense in its likes and dislikes, and this is further advanced by my isolation from free social activity."

"Personal Apologia," handwritten self-examination inscribed on the back of a concert programme with the byline date of January 30, 1933

Quote #4035

Chapter: McLuhan on McLuhan

Source: Letter to Pierre Elliott Trudeau, December 2, 1968, in <em>Letters </em>(1987), p 359

Notes: My forte is structural analysis of new problems and environments that, unawares to us, re-program our sensory lives. In effect I am saying that it is now possible to by-pass what used to be called "fate" by anticipating the effects of new man-made environments….

Source: Letter to Pierre Elliott Trudeau, December 2, 1968, in <em>Letters </em>(1987), p 359