Note 329 — Chapter IV
Reading edition
Ghosts, p. 170: Oswald. At last he said, ‘You have been worm-eaten from your birth.’ ... I didn’t understand either, and begged of him to give me a clearer explanation. And then the old cynic said, ‘The father’s sins are visited upon the children.’ And p. 194: Oswald. The disease I have as my birthright (he points to his forehead, and adds very softly) is seated here.