Remember that, just as it would be shameful to be surprised if a fig tree bears figs, it would be equally shameful to be surprised if the universe produces things, like this, that are its natural products. It would also be shameful if a doctor was surprised by a patient’s fever or a helmsman by a contrary wind.
Marcus writes this in §15 of Notebook 8 in …
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