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Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.
— Johannes Kepler
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Truth is pictured as born slowly, with time as its parent. The speaker casts themselves as the midwife: not creating truth but helping it arrive, and feeling no embarrassment about that role. It's an image of patience and delivery rather than invention.
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