Did Stalin really say so?

[E. Boyle]

Actually, wasn't that Isaac Newton?

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Barbara Henry wrote:

> No, that was Sir Francis Bacon.
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> >Shakespear knew about statistics? Wow, was also he the guy who used to
> >sit under the apple tree and watch ripe apples fall? :))
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> >Kirill Sereda
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> >[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Lauren Leighton
> >Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 3:23 PM
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> >Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Did Stalin really say so?
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> >[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Mitsu Numano
> >Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 10:23 AM
> >To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> >Subject: [SEELANGS] Did Stalin really say so?
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> >Dear Colleagues,
> >Could anybody tell me whether it is right to attribute the saying gA
> >single death is a tragedy, a million deaths
> >
> >Mitsuyoshi Numano
> >Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
> >The University of Tokyo
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> >The quote is from Shakespeare. Sorry, I don't remember which play. I
> >seem to recall that Dostoyevsky either used it in Crime and Punishment,
> >or in reference to the novel. In any case, it is an ideal quote for use
> >in lectures or discussion of the novel. The quote has been applied to
> >Stalin, and of course to Hitler. Perhaps Nietsche used it?
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