dfw ... nobel specks

KENNETH HOUGHTON KENNETH_HOUGHTON at dbna.com
Tue May 20 15:30:25 CDT 1997


     Or, as Dean Swift put it, "I love people; it's mankind I can't stand." 
     (The legendary Linus Van Pelt inverted this.)


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Subject: Re: dfw ... nobel specks
Author:  "Meg Larson" <mgl at tardis.svsu.edu> at dbnaccip
Date:    5/20/97 2:29 PM


     
"Je suis pessimiste quant a la destinee humaine, mais optimiste quant a 
l'homme"
     
<winking at Henry M, who loves it when I talk francais>
     
Rough trans: I am a pessimist about human destiny, but an optimist about 
the destiny of man. 
     
Ce decrit TRP, a mon avis.
     
Marguerite 



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