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Freedom and Dignity<br />
(the day I went to prison)<br />
by<br />
Paul Lewin<br />
I was a college student. Mathematics. Some say the<br />
highest rung on the ladder of intelligence. Next to God. It was<br />
Sunday, my day to relax. Away from topology, a branch of<br />
mathematics studying Mobius strips, Kline bottles, and string<br />
theory.<br />
To relax and leisurely journey through the pages of The<br />
Sunday New York Times. Coffee and schmeered bagel in my<br />
hand. I was sitting on a blanket, at the water's edge overlooking<br />
Watson and Crick's idyllic Cold Spring Harbor.<br />
With pen in hand, as was my custom, to circle the words<br />
and ideas 'fit to print.' At least that was the promise of the Times<br />
first page masthead.<br />
I was the smartest and best, one word at a time. Left to<br />
right. I was blessed.<br />
And then it happened. I could not read the next word. It<br />
was terribly blurred. Were my eyes failing? I could not make
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