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Assistant Professor, Cornell University

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Posted on January 21, 2017January 13, 2017

Paul Scheerbart, “Self-Advertisement” (1913)

The old man sprung up onto a little table in his laboratory, cleared his throat heavily, and said, “Gentlemen, I will now give a speech. I am not a practiced speaker. But I still hope that I can make myself understood. "I maintain that Europeans and especially the Germans esteem their famous men of science too …

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