Re: These are Quotes "By George"

From: Jeffrey Goldberg (nobody_at_goldmark.org)
Date: 06/10/04 

Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 19:27:01 -0700

In %m Glenn Knickerbocker wrote:
> Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:
>
>>surely have no problem with a minor attribution error.
>
>
> What is the use of an attribution without any meaning?
>
> The Red Queen's idea of meaning was the opposite of Humpty Dumpty's. To
> her, words had meanings that were immutable even if they were used in
> error. If this is a minor mistake of attribution, William Jennings Bryan
> is a modern biologist.

There's glory for you.

In other words, I concede the point.

-j

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