"Judge for my own merits, or lack of them, but do not look upon me as a mere appendage to this great renowned scholar or that, that I am in my own right a whole person, responsible to myself alone for all that I am, all that I say, all that I do. It may be that there are metaphysicians and philosophers whose learning is greater than mine, although I have not met them. Yet, they are but frail humans, too, and have their own faults; so, when I add the sum total of my graces, I confess that I am inferior to no one."
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