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that the written word was literally a virus that made spoken word possible.
The word has not been recognized as a virus because it has achieved a state
of stable symbiosis with the host...(This symbiotic relationship is now
breaking down for reasons I will suggest later.)

I quote from MECHANISMS OF VIRUS INFECTION edited by Mr. Wilson Smith, a
scientist who really thinks about his subject instead of merely correlating
data. He thinks, that is, about the ultimate intentions of the virus
organism. In an article entitled VIRUS ADAPTIBILITY AND HOST RESISTANCE by
G. Belyavin, speculations as to the biologic goal of the virus species
are enlarged ... 'Viruses are obligatory cellular parasites and are thus
wholly dependant upon the integrity of the cellular systems they parasitize
for their survival in an active state. It is something of a paradox that
many viruses ultimately destroy the cells in which they are living..."

And I may add the environment necessary for any cellular structure they
could parasitize to survive. Is the virus then simply a time bomb left on
this planet to be activated by remote control? An extermination program in
fact? In its path from full virulence to its ultimate goal of symbiosis will
any human creature survive? Is the white race, which would seem to be more
under virus control than the black yellow and brown races, giving any
indication of workable symbiosis?

'Taking the virus eye view, the ideal situation would appear to be one in
which the virus replicates in cells without in any way disturbing their
normal metabolism.'

This has been suggested as the ideal biological situation toward which all
viruses are slowly evolving...'

Would you offer violence to a well intentioned virus on its slow
road to symbiosis?

'It is worth noting that if a virus were to attain a state of wholly benign
equilibrium with its host cell it is unlikely that its presence would be
readily detected OR THAT IT WOULD NECESSARILY BE RECOGNIZED AS A VIRUS. I
suggest that the word is just such a virus. Doktor Kurt Unruh von Steinplatz
has put forth an interesting theory as to the origins and history of this
word virus. He postulates that the word was a virus of what he calls BIOLOGIC
MUTATION effecting the biologic change in its host which was then genetically
conveyed. One reason that apes cant talk is because the structure of their
inner throats is simply not designed to formulate words. He postulates that
alteration in inner throat structure were occasioned by virus illness ...
And not occasion ... This illness may well have had a high rate of mortality
but some female apes must have survived to give birth to the wunder kindern.
The illness perhaps assumed a more malignant form in the male because of his
more developed and rigid muscular structure causing death through
strangulation and vertebral fracture. Since the virus in both male and
female precipitates sexual frenzy through irritation of sex centers in the
brain the males impregnated the females in their death spasms and the