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In a message dated 8/22/99 1:38:39 AM Central Daylight Time, dlupher@ups.edu 
writes:

<< 
 I'm most impressed that Mary Lefkowitz knows the entire text of
 the "Odyssey" "by heart."  I wonder if list members know of similarly
 impressive feats of memorization---or if any can boast of such
 themselves.  Though I have always believed in the value of learning
 poetry "by heart" (a fine phrase, by the way), I have never managed
 to store away much more than some choruses of Greek tragedy, some
 odes of Horace, etc. Brava, ML.
  >>

I have an idea that many literature teachers find that appealing passages are 
just there, in their memory, although they never thought of memorizing them.  
These passages in the "heart" may be fairly lengthy, and for all one knows 
consititute the entire work.

For some reason I think this to be especially true of works in a language not 
native to them.

J.W. Worthy
Sipe Springs, Texas
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