Certainly, Mark. Anything that smacks of the irony of what's going
on. Send this one, as well. Comes from "The Devil's Dictionary"
written between 1881 and 1906 by a contemporary of Mark Twain,
Ambrose Bierce:
"Man, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he
thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. His
chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own
species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as
to infest the whold habitable earth and Canada."
Bernie
>Wow Bernie, that is a great quote!
>May I forward your email off list?
>
>hope you are well,
>
>Mark
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>>I was once a member of a folk singing group (The Weavers) having
>>replaced Pete Seeger in that quartet. At our Carnegie Hall concert in
>>1963, Lee Hays, the bass voice and moderator, entered the stage and
>>said before a full house, "Oh for the good ol' days when we had
>>nothing to fear but fear, itself."
>>
>>Bernie
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