GRGR(11): More on Webley

Michael D. Workman m-workman at nwu.edu
Tue Oct 5 10:19:21 CDT 1999


At 11:48 AM 10/5/99 +0200, you wrote:
>>  Ignorance is freedom? 
>
>   Yes. Thought is tension. Freedom is blissful ignorance.

Here's the original context from Thomas Gray's _On A Distant Prospect of
Eton College_, which gives us a slight shift:

"Where freedom is bliss,
Tis folly to be wise."
__

In bed Dr. Oscar McPugh
Spoke of Spengler -- and ate crackers too.
His wife said, "Oh, stuff
That philosophy guff
Up your ass, dear, and throw me a screw!"


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