"That truth should be silent I had almost forgot"--Enobarbus in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, back in Rome after having been too long in Egypt.---------
Melville's PIERRE, Book 4, chapter 5: "Something ever comes of all persistent inquiry; we are not so continually curious for nothing."
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
P. S. Dictionary
The photograph reminds me that while I go to Google for definitions every day I also go to a serious dictionary every day. Google is good for 2014 but a dictionary is no good for research unless it is older than you are.
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