another misattributed quote

[Garson O'Toole]

Thanks for your response Victor. I do not think a relevant person
named "Tyler" exists. It was a misspelling for "Tytler".

And, yes, I imagine that the editors of Snopes would have taken the
1946 newspaper author to task. The sentence: "More than two centuries
ago, a Professor Tytler, of the Edinburgh University, made the
following observation." is from the 1946 newspaper.

I apologize for using a technical locution that was certainly
confusing: "Tytler attributed saying". In non-technical terms I meant:
"the following ascription to Tytler is utter horseshit". But it is
useful to know the depth and age of the horseshit.


On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 6:02 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Interestingly enough, Snopes would have taken even this claim to task.
> Snopes points out that the Scotsman Tyler did, in fact, practiced
> philosophy in the 18th century, but Tytler, the supposed author of the
> quote, came nearly 100 years later (or, in the 19th century, in any event).
> So even in this supposedly accurate quote, there is a misattribution.
>
> VS-)
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Garson O'Toole
> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> ...
>> http://bit.ly/Ptfabq
>>
>> [Begin excerpt]
>> Cite: 1946 June 1, The Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Washington Letter by
>> Congressman Harold Knutson, Interesting Statistics by Sam Pettengill
>> (sp?), Page 3 (NA Page 2), Column 8, Brainerd, Minnesota.
>> (NewspaperArchive)
>>
>> More than two centuries ago, a Professor Tytler, of the Edinburgh
>> University, made the following observation.
>
> ...
>
> [End excerpt]
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