This is a pretty long chapter, so here's a couple initial notes. Just kind of taking it casually.
We start with how he becomes an opium eater. He initially used it recreationally, but was "protected" from addiction by the fact that if he took it too often it wouldn't be as enjoyable anymore. He gets addicted due to needing it for stomach pain. So, you know same as a lot of people today.
He blocks out a bunch of people's names (as well as places.) I get the names and a few of the places (like if you need to block out the headmaster, you should probably block out the name of the town/school as well), but it gets excessive in some places. I want to see if other editions are like this. Either way, I assume someone has filled them in.
For the last year and a half this room had been my “pensive citadel”: here I had read and studied through all the hours of night, and though true it was that for the latter part of this time I, who was framed for love and gentle affections, had lost my gaiety and happiness during the strife and fever of contention with my guardian, yet, on the other hand, as a boy so passionately fond of books, and dedicated to intellectual pursuits, I could not fail to have enjoyed many happy hours in the midst of general dejection.
This is pretty much how I felt about undergrad.
He tries to run away with a trunk with his whole library, which is funny.
He puts a random couplet in the middle of a paragraph, which is such an opium-philosopher-writer thing to do.
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