You'll grant that some of your conclusions were shocking. [...] But did the Ministry for Public Decency really have to publicly burn the manuscript? [...] to throw the ashes into the river? Was it necessary that they looked so smug as they did it?
Of course, half the field won't understand your work, but those few that can appreciate your true genius are even now coming to you [...] It appears that you have showed them all. Furthermore, it seems very unlikely that they will laugh at you again.
