I teach at Harvard that the world and the heavens, and the stars are all real, but not so damned real, you see.
ATTRIBUTION:
Josiah Royce (18551916), U.S. philosopher. Letter to William James, May 21, 1888, reporting a conversation with a sea captain. The Letters of Josiah Royce, p. 217, ed. John Clendenning (1970).