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''"I left them, and noticed them pointing at me to each other, pleased that I would be their brother's doctor. I was moved. I was a doctor. For the first time that day, I felt excited, proud. They believed in me, in my art. I would take care of their brother, and them. Take care of the whole world, why not? I marched down the hallway with [[Pride|pride]]. I fingered the chrome of my [[Stethoscope|stethoscope]] with a certain expertise. Like I knew what I was doing. Far-out. It didn't last." - Roy Basch, "The House of God" (1978)''