S. Delage

Dan'l Danehy Oakes · 12 May 1998, 14:52 · from urth-v0011.mbox · original

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From: "Dan'l Danehy Oakes" <DDANEHYO at us.oracle.com>
Subject: (urth) S. Delage
Date: 12 May 98 14:52:28
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William:  the smallpox bit won't wash, not in a quilt from=20
American Revolution times.  While the idea of leprosy coming=20
through infected items might have occurred to some colonists=20
(via the Biblical precepts thereon), it's unlikely that=20
anyone would have tried to pass smallpox on through germ=20
warfare in those pre-van-Leewenhoek days.

Craig: =20
> Good points, but how about this well-known quote from Hamlet?
> "Neither a borrower nor a lender be"

Umm, no.  That was Polonius; the way it's phrased it's clear=20
that we're talking about something Hamlet himself says.

Actually, Hamlet has a number of quotables.  Some of these
will be a bit vague on exact wording, it's been _years_, but
I'll bet you'll recognize them all.

"The time is out of joint; o cursed spite
 that ever I was born to put it right!"

"I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself king
of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams."

"...smile, and smile, and be a villain..."

"Get thee to a nunnery!"

"I am mad only north by northwest; when the wind is [in the=20
east?] I can tell a hawk from a handsaw."

Need I add that any of these, except possibly the first,
_might_ be brought to bear on S.D. ... ?

Roach

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