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> They always feel slightly like academics reading into things too much when it's totally possible they were meant platonically or like a brotherly type of love.

Why on earth are you looking for definitive proof of specific claims when it comes to history? That just seems like a fool's errand.

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I think you should strive for definitive proof and also acknowledge that you will probably never get there.

To be honest, the title did seem click baity leading to one to assume there was a possible misreading of the era. But I think this should be unflagged because as foldr points out downthread [0], the family wanted the passages removed not some editors generations later?

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43945450

> I think you should strive for definitive proof

I think only mathematicians and computer scientists can deliver this.

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