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Re: hekatologos 0239
Ted (edh@titan.oit.umass.edu)
10 Jul 1996 17:51:01 GMT
Paul Renouf (paul@cozzle.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: In article <4rovh7$kpi@epicycle.lm.com>, Martin Helick
: <rmhelick@telerama.lm.com> writes
: > think of ourselves: as a great civilization gone mildly astray. But
: > the evidence, alas, says otherwise, and the vision is more likely
: > to be that of a nameless and irresponsible horde, as nomadic as
: > reindeer, as untidy as beavers, as voracious as grizzly bears.
: > ..................................................................
: > r.m.helick...hekatologos...gravitas....http://www.lm.com/~rmhelick
: > ..................................................................
: Or perhaps they will be less judgmental and say we did as best we could
: within the constraints of the times we lived in . . . .
Or perhaps they will be as romantic and nostalgic about the past as we
are, and view those collapsed oil domes and superhighways as we view
Hadrian's Wall and the Colosseum...
Ted
J.S.P.S.
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