pynchon-l-digest V2 #1818

[Otto]

> as
> Napoleon is reputed to have said, "History is a pack of lies agreed upon."
> A-and forgive me my sin-icism, but maybe V. I. wasn't corrupt because he
died
> young, as in only the good....
>
> TTFN,
>
> frodeauxb

Sounds like Reverend Cherrycoke.

If Napoleon really has said this he was a wiser man than I had assumed,
despite of his other (major) errors.

Bringing Nap. and V.I. into context one is to say that *going to Russia* can
mean two very different things historically . . .

On the other thing: no doubt about that, even if it's only speculation.

Otto