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Oliver Sacks: Why the Oxford English Dictionary is the most 'coveted and desirable book in the world'

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“Each of us … constructs and lives a ‘narrative’ and is defined by this narrative … I suspect that a feeling for stories, for narrative, is a universal human disposition, going with our powers of language, consciousness of self, and autobiographical memory.” – Oliver Sacks, the writer and neurologist whose writing gave insight to his intense sensitivity to the perspectives of others.     Oliver Sacks (July 9, 1933–August 30, 2015) had a lifelong…
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Flashbak broke the news in on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
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