Fw: PALE FIRE: Disa - butterfly and orchid

[cfalbert]

And suddenly Badger's astute work re: Uppsala takes on greater import.....

that's m'boy Ginger, y'all.....

love,
cfa


At 03:52 PM 10/30/03, you wrote:
>Carl von Linne's successor as Professor
> >> of Natural Historyat the university of Uppsala used the name of an Uppsala
> >> celebrity, Disa the clever maiden who won her king's hand in marriage for
> >> giving him a piece of advice. Frej, a legendary Uppsala king, had
> >> regretfully decided to save his people from starvation during a famine by
> >> having the sick and the old killed.