The way Mr. Broyard saw it, : "A critical illness is like a great permission, an authorization or absolving."
Broyard如此看待他的疾病：“严重的疾病就像一项特别许可，一道授权或赦免令。
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Broyard, a book critic and editor at the New York Times, had fired a prominent surgeon because he hadn't liked the way the man wore a cap in the operating room.