I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am.
False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.
We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.