On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:10:04 -0500, George M. Middius cmndr
[underscore] george [at] comcast [dot] net wrote:
paul packer said:
I ran across a pithy quote by J.R. Lowell today. Turns out it was part of an
essay on Abraham Lincoln: http://www.bartleby.com/28/16.html
As you know, Lowell lived during a period when intellectuals relied even
more heavily than today on complex thoughts cast in even more complex
sentences. So I'm sure you'll quit reading before finishing the first
paragraph.
Nevertheless, the excerpt I heard that is apposite to boneheads like you can
be found in ¶ 16. (The numbers in the right margin are for reference.)
What numbers?
You're doddering, paul.
So humour me. Where are the numbers?