Good night. Thank you for your affectionate note of night before last. I am incapable of an "objective" judgment about myself. I accept myself and the present situation in which I find myself as a neutral reference point to which I calibrate my past and my future. I feel neither pride nor shame, neither satisfaction nor disappointment with the life that I have lived. I try to make no demands and to minimize the unavoidable burden that my existence constitutes for members of my family. Intellectually, I need to be active, to learn and to understand. Emotionally, I need to do what I can to make life easier for you, for Nathaniel and for the other members of our family. I hope that you are well and that you sleep well.