Essay in the Times on this address:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/books/review/Bissell-t.htm...
Nicer (IMHO) WSJ format of Foster's address without the extraneous stylistic emphases found in the Marginalia version:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122178211966454607.html
"lords of our tiny skull-sized kingdoms, alone at the center of all creation"
It may seem inconsistent but I find it nicely complements Will Ferrell's commencement speech at Harvard: