Міжзірковий мандрівник
Chapter 18
Notallthemothersofthewholeevolutionofmenmanufacturedfearorfearlessnessinmen.Farbackbeyondthefirstmenwerefearandfearlessness,love,hatred,anger,alltheemotions,growing,developing,becomingthestuffthatwastobecomemen.
Iamallofmypast,aseveryprotagonistoftheMendelianlawmustagree.Allmypreviousselveshavetheirvoices,echoes,promptingsinme.Myeverymodeofaction,heatofpassion,flickerofthoughtisshaded,toned,infinitesimallyshadedandtoned,bythatvastarrayofotherselvesthatprecededmeandwentintothemakingofme.
Thestuffoflifeisplastic.Atthesametimethisstuffneverforgets.Moulditasyouwill,theoldmemoriespersist.Allmannerofhorses,fromtonShirestodwarfShetlands,havebeenbredupanddownfromthosefirstwildponiesdomesticatedbyprimitiveman.Yettothisdaymanhasnotbredoutthekickofthehorse.AndI,whoamcomposedofthosefirsthorse-tamers,havenothadtheirredangerbredoutofme.
Iammanbornofwoman.Mydaysarefew,butthestuffofmeisindestructible.Ihavebeenwomanbornofwoman.Ihavebeenawomanandbornemychildren.AndIshallbebornagain.Oh,incalculabletimesagainshallIbeborn;andyetthestupiddoltsaboutmethinkthatbystretchingmyneckwitharopetheywillmakemecease.
Yes,Ishallbehanged...soon.ThisistheendofJune.