Crying: I can do that

[Steven Maas (CUTR)]

Stephen Jay Gould wrote an essay in _Natural History_ within, I think, the
last year that used _In Memoriam_ as the jumping-off point.  Titled _Red
in Tooth and Claw_ I believe.

On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, David Casseres wrote:

> If you can 'fess up to that one I'll mention Tennyson's _In Memoriam_.  
> It's very different from most of Tennyson's work, speaks purely and 
> directly from the heart, and made me feel the deep sadness of that weird 
> and unattractive man at losing one of his few real friends.
> 
> It's also technically brilliant, and it's fascinating for anyone who 
> doesn't read a lot of Victorian poetry because it's full of lines and 
> phrases that we've all heard and used all of our lives, but that never 
> existed in the English language until Tennyson wrote them.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> David
>