Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 478

L'Innommable Segment 478, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-3-10, f. 16v)

Que je sois rond et dur, c'est tout ce qui importe, il y a certainement des raisons à cela, que je sois rond et dur, plutôt que d'une forme irrégulière quelconque, susceptible de se creuser et de se bomber au hasard des chocs, mais je ne dirai plus de raisons.

L'Innommable Segment 478, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 37)

Que je sois rond et dur, c'est tout ce qui importe, il y a certainement des raisons à cela, que je sois rond et dur, plutôt que d'une forme irrégulière quelconque et susceptible de se creuser de se bomber au hasard des chocs, mais c'en est fini des raisons.

The Unnamable Segment 478, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-1, f. 18r)

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All that matters is that I am hard and round ^{round & hard}, there must be reasons for that, for my being hard and round round and hard, rather than of some irregular shape and liable to the dents and bulges caused by shock, but I have done with reasons.

The Unnamable Segment 478, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 19r)

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All that matters is for me to ^{that I am} be hard[ ²] and round[ ¹], there are certainly ^{must be} reasons for that, for my being hard[ ²] and round[ ¹] rather than of some irregular shape and liable ^subject to the dents and bulges caused by the various kinds of ^{incident to shock} collision, but I have done with reasons.

The Unnamable Segment 478, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 18r)

All that matters is that I am round and hard, there must be reasons for that, for my being round and hard rather than of some irregualr ^{some irregular} shape and subject to the dents and bulges incident to shock, but I have done with reasons.

The Unnamable Segment 478, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 24)

All that matters is that I am round and hard, there must be reasons for that, for my being round and hard rather than of some irregular shape and subject to the dents and bulges incident to shock, but I have done with reasons.

L'Innommable Segment 478, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 32)

Que je sois rond et dur, c'est tout ce qui importe, il y a certainement des raisons à cela, que je sois rond et dur, plutôt que d'une forme irrégulière quelconque et susceptible de se creuser de se bomber au hasard des chocs, mais c'en est fini des raisons.