[Ads-l] Adage: There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 1:11 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole <
adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> quoted:

> Great thanks to Philip Cherny whose inquiry led QI to formulate this
> question and perform this exploration. Many thanks to Wilson Gray and
> Laurence Horn for help in translating the 1767 citation.
>

QI is very welcome! That's very nice of them, given the triviality of my
"contribution"!




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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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