Value

I wish there was some moral or didactic quality to
this work, for no other reason than to put a
conventional wind to my sails, to stop a
free-drift to literary oblivion; but like a typical
atheist who, before his slaughter, will no doubt
seek the aid of God, I too, despite contrary
conviction, am forever destined to wordy, generally
incoherent and long-winded canvasses of
thought.