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Apprehensions

Apprehensions

On the radicals of experience

Paul Franz
Jul 10, 2025
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I omit speculation about why boys, in particular, should be drawn to them—the backhoes, steamshovels, frontloaders, dumptrucks, cranes. (It isn’t that hard to surmise; though I don’t rule out girls’ being so drawn, also). More interesting is why this fascination should come at this particular moment, why at this time in the child’s life. Surmise: it com…

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