Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
The influence of sound on words, and the tendency to replace substance with accident, was always strange and powerful in Boris’ mind. Every person, object, event, period and concrete or abstract entity corresponded with a color, sound, taste, scent, form or likeness.
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