essays

[David Casseres]

I have to agree.  I loved Gould from the moment I first read him, but I
could see that a less willing reader would be driven away in a few pages.
He wrote long, complex sentences when there was no need to.

On 12/31/06, Steven <mcquaryq at comcast.net> wrote:
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> I've read almost all this author's collections of essays for the lay
> reader.  And while they have a point, and they're ultimately worthwhile, the
> author takes such a sweet long time getting to it that I wonder where his
> reputation for lucid prose comes from?  Give me Richard Dawkins any day.
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> On Dec 31, 2006, at 5:32 AM, mikebailey at speakeasy.net wrote:
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> Stephen Jay Gould
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> Steven
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