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You cannot play games with my name.
My name is my own, and I glory in its resonance.
I glory in the sounding of it, and in its repeated initials.
I glory in its incorporation of "man," because I incorporate all men in my being.
I glory in it, and I will defend it to the last.
My name is my own, and I glory in its resonance.
I glory in the works it denotes in the minds of my readers.
I glory in the images it conveys in the minds of my hearers.
I glory in my name, and I will not see it traduced.
I will not see it traduced by a specter of shame and tawdry gifts.
I will not see it traduced by a specter who knows not the meter nor rhythm of my verse.
I glory in my name. I worked hard to make and preserve it.
I will not see it traduced.
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