The Purgatory of a Monologue

When I started giving speeches many, many worlds ago, I wrote them and that was dull. And now I just give samples and that's best of all because I've discovered that whenever I'm on the other side of the podium I'm bored. So I have a theory that everybody endures the purgatory of having to listen to a monologue for a long time in order to get to the only interesting part which is like heaven. If you make a mathematical proportion between the number of people who teach philosophy in prestigious universities and the population, Boston is the most philosophical city in the world. The reason is that philosophy is the love of wisdom. Wisdom comes through suffering. We enjoy being