I have no more made my book than my book has made me — a book consubstantial with its author […] For those who go over themselves only in their minds and occasionally in speech do not penetrate to essentials in their examination as does a man who makes his study, his work, and his trade, who binds himself to keep an enduring account [of himself], with all his faith, with all his strength.

II.18 “Of giving the lie” (pp. 612)