:42:00
for I do not care
to posit orthodoxy...
:42:02
as a given good...
:42:05
But to the detriment
of my students.
:42:12
Yes.
:42:15
As I said...
:42:16
when the possibility
of tenure opened...
:42:19
and, of course,
I had long pursued it...
:42:23
I was, of course,
happy and covetous of it.
:42:30
I asked myself
if I was wrong to covet it...
:42:33
and thought about it long
and, I hope, truthfully...
:42:37
and saw in myself
several things...
:42:41
in, I think,
no particular order...
:42:44
and I would like
to share them with you.
:42:47
That I would pursue it...
:42:51
that I desired it...
:42:53
that I was not pure of longing
for security...
:42:56
and that perhaps
was not reprehensible in me.
:42:59
That I had duties
beyond the school...
:43:02
and that my duty to my home,
for instance...
:43:04
was, or should be
if it were not...
:43:06
of an equal weight.
:43:07
That tenure and security
and, yes, and comfort...
:43:12
were not of themselves
to be scorned...
:43:14
and were even worthy
of honorable pursuit.
:43:18
And that it was given me...
:43:20
here in this place
which I enjoy...
:43:22
and in which I find comfort
to assure myself...
:43:25
of, as far as it rests
in the material...
:43:28
a continuation
of that comfort and joy.
:43:31
In exchange for what?
:43:33
Teaching... which I love.
:43:41
What was the price
of this security?
:43:43
To obtain tenure,
which tenure...
:43:46
the committee is in the process
of granting me...
:43:48
and on the basis of which...
:43:50
I contracted
to purchase a house.
:43:56
Now.
:43:58
As you don't have
your own family at this point...