And now my labor is over. I have had my lecture. I have no sense of fatherhood. If my genetic and personal histories had been different, I should have come into possession of a different lecture. If I deserve any credit at all, it is simply for having served as a place in which certain processes could take place. I shall interpret your polite applause in that light. (p. 401)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 26: A Lecture on “Having” a Poem. Quote 15
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