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Scope and Contents This book is stored in a box with Houedard material owing to dsh's indebtedness to Farquarson for the slash-dash typewriter font although there is no mention of it in thos book. This book is an autobiographic episode in the life of Robin Farquharson who ditched a successful university career and simply dropped out, living on the streets of London, and his acquaintance with L.S.D. The content has similarities with Situationism. Robin Farquharson was a very brilliant young man who had become interested in the theory of voting while he was still an undergraduate. This theory was published with Michael Dummett. Robin Farquharson fell victim to this awful mental illness (manic-depressive) and couldn't really do any more creative work. . There was a dramatic episode when he entered the prize fellowship examination at All Souls. He quite certainly would have been elected but for the insane telephone conversation he had with the Warden on the eve of the election meeting -- the first...