To those who don't know me well (& even those who do), this might seem like a big deal made out of nothing at all.  Why provide the note & not simply change the original text?  The answer lies in my historical roots & my belief in primary sources.  Introspection has never had a word of it altered before, & this note is not meant to signal a dawning era of revisionist history.  I find an importance & precision in words & in the value of perspectives frozen from a particular time, uncolored by the memory & fog we place on our own pasts.  Without this sense of preservation, there is little point in the keeping of any diary, public or private.  & while it would be excessive to insist on prioritizing this ideal over someone's polite & sincere request to remain able to get a job in this crazy country, I think it makes sense to draw the compromise here in this note.