IMMORTAL. etc. -=- WAS Railroad cart

[Wilson Gray]

Well, it does say "*just* reward," which does, indeed, leave open the
question as to whether that reward will necessarily be "a consummation
devoutly to be wished."

-Wilson

On 4/18/07, Doug Harris <cats22 at frontiernet.net> wrote:
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> Indeed. But that begs the question, is a "reward" necessarily a good thing
> that, in the words of the immortal bard, is "a consummation devoutly to be
> wished"? Not, I venture to suggest, when the reward, such as it is, is to be
> an infernal one." ;)
> (the other) doug
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> Isn't this "passed" a shortening of "passed on to his / her eternal reward"?
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> -Wilson
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