From 8ab3cd29fee26fd6ce18956db06ff9c32f255b8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Hay Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 22:43:01 +0100 Subject: Add epigraph for 5.33.3 (cherry picked from commit 59a70a90cadf2eec45992b903e1e5fe3f50e2173) --- Porting/epigraphs.pod | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/Porting/epigraphs.pod b/Porting/epigraphs.pod index bf323741dd..ed53a8a354 100644 --- a/Porting/epigraphs.pod +++ b/Porting/epigraphs.pod @@ -17,6 +17,32 @@ Consult your favorite dictionary for details. =head1 EPIGRAPHS +=head2 v5.33.3 - Ludwig van Beethoven, "Heiligenstadt Testament"; translated and quoted in: Maynard Solomon, "Beethoven" + +L + +Oh you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or +misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret +cause which makes me seem that way to you. From childhood on, my +heart and soul have been full of the tender feeling of goodwill, and I +was ever inclined to accomplish great things. But, think that for six +years now I have been hopelessly afflicted, made worse by senseless +physicians, from year to year deceived with hopes of improvement, +finally compelled to face the prospect of a lasting malady (whose cure +will take years or, perhaps, be impossible). Though born with a +fiery, active temperament, even susceptible to the diversions of +society, I was soon compelled to withdraw myself, to live life alone. +[...] I endured this wretched existence--truly wretched for so +susceptible a body, which can be thrown by a sudden change from the +best condition to the very worst.--Patience, they say, is what I must +now choose for my guide, and I have done so--I hope my determination +will remain firm to endure until it pleases the inexorable Parcae to +break the thread. [...] Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, +not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience; this was +what upheld me in time of misery. [...] Do not wholly forget me when I +am dead; I deserve this from you, for during my lifetime I was +thinking of you often and of ways to make you happy--please be so-- + =head2 v5.33.2 - Elizabeth Warren L -- cgit v1.2.1