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Hunchback (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Chuang-tzu's picture of freedom from convention: first rejected by the conscription officers, first handed free alms.

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Hunchback (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Chuang-tzu is a model of virtue: like the twisted, useless tree that lives to great age, he is never conscripted — and being weird in mind may be better still.