fun with phrases

[victor steinbok]

Don't tell that to all the Horatio Alger societies--I count three of them,
at least. They all insist on fairly preposterous "self-made" image.

VS-)

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Believe it or not, Alger's heroes all seem to succeed through the
> intervention of rich zillionaires who recognize their worth, rather than
> through "recreating/redefining/re-inventing" themselves or even solely
> through hard work.

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