"empeleni isikhathi sami ngeke sisaba side, uhlelo lweminyaka eyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha lufika esiphethweni phambi kwamehlo enu. (impela kuphambi kwamehlo enu; akulona uphawu, ungakubona ngesimo senhliziyo yami.) ngiyohambisa amadodana ami angamazibulo ekhaya esiyoni. abanye abantu bayothi, “ngoba ngokwamadodana ami angamazibulo kuphela, kungani uchitha isikhathi esiyiminyaka eyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha? futhi kungani udala abantu abaningi kangaka?” ngithe ngaphambili konke okwami kuyigugu. kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi amadodana ami angamazibulo angabi ngaphezulu kwalokho? ngiyobagqugquzela bonke ukuze bangisebenzele, futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, ngiyokwambula amazwi ami, ukuze wonke umuntu abone ukuthi kuwo wonke umhlaba akukho neyodwa into engekho ezandleni zethu, akukho noyedwa umuntu ongasisebenzeli, futhi akukho nokukodwa ukufezwa okungenzelwa thina. ngiyofeza konke. kimi akukho mqondo wesikhathi; nakuba ngiqonde ukuphetha uhlelo futhi ngiphethe umsebenzi wami eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha, uma ngokubona kwami sekuyisikhathi, ngubani oyolokotha akhiphe izwi eliphikisayo? ngubani oyolokotha ame futhi angehlulele ngokuthanda? umsebenzi wami, ngiwenza ngokwami; isikhathi sami ngisilungiselela ngokwami. akukho muntu, akukho ludaba, akukho nto elokotha yenze ngenkani; ngiyokwenza konke kungilandele. kimi akukho okulungile nokungalungile; uma ngithi kulungile, nakanjani kulungile; uma ngithi akulungile, nakho lokho kuyiqiniso. akufanele uhlale usebenzisa imiqondo yomuntu ukulinganisa mina! ngithi amadodana ami angamazibulo nami ndawonye sibusisiwe—ngubani olokotha enqabe ukuthoba? ngiyokubhubhisa khona lapho! wenqaba ukuthoba! uyahlubuka! anginasihe nhlobo kuso sonke isintu, ngibazonde kwaze kwafika kuleli phuzu; angikwazi nhlobo ukubekezela ngokwengeziwe. ngokwami, wonke umhlaba kufanele ubhujiswe ngokushesha, kungaleso sikhathi kuphela okuyogcwaliswa ngaso umsebenzi wami omkhulu, kungaleso sikhathi kuphela okuyophethwa ngaso uhlelo lwami lokuphatha, kungaleso sikhathi kuphela okuyoxoshwa ngaso inzondo enhliziyweni yami. manje ngikhathazeka kuphela ngokufakazela amadodana ami angamazibulo, zonke ezinye izindaba ngiyozibeka eceleni futhi ngingabi nandaba okwamanje; yenza kuqala into ephambili, bese wenza okulandelayo. lezi yizinyathelo zomsebenzi wami, akekho okufanele aphikise lokhu; bonke kufanele balandele engikushoyo, kungenjalo bazoba ngabaqondwe yisiqalekiso sami.