I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's nam…

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I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction. ✨ James Joyce (1976). Selected letters of James Joyce, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction. ✨ James Joyce (1976). Selected letters of James Joyce, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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