fun with phrases

[Jonathan Lighter]

Having spent the past few years comparing the text of literary works to the
commentary that's grown up around them, I can report that the simple ability
to read and process what's on the page can be deficient even among the
educated.

JL

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 8:38 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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