purpose of WOTY contests

[Fred Shapiro]

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Michael Adams wrote:

> (Believe it, in the bowels of Christ I may have misremembered Cromwell
> -- perhaps Fred has a more accurate quotation.)

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be
mistaken.
        Oliver Cromwell, Letter to General Assembly of Kirk of Scotland, 3
August 1650

Fred Shapiro


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