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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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8.8.02

not to bother this person, or subject him to ridicule, but...
pace the unattributed Paul Simon quote, which he may feel is so universally known it needs no attribution, he is a teacher. he goes forth to battle one of his students as plagiarist with vituperative and cold-hearted resolve, possibly not the most mentoring attitude to take withal.
and wonderfully, astonishingly, here he uses first-person pronouns a stunning 65 times in eight paragraphs.
more than one teacher has weighed in on this subject. the idea being of course to avoid this self-reference as indulgent and feeble. one hopes Mr. Scott Rogers will learn, and communicate to the young minds in his charge what he has learned.

from a search for Louis Daguerre's painting The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel

which led also to the richly-rewarding Daguerreian Society

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