From mcmahon@maple.lemoyne.edu Fri Feb 26 18:43:35 1999 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.2+UW99.01) with ESMTP id SAA41368 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 18:43:35 -0800 Received: from MAPLE.lemoyne.edu (maple.lemoyne.edu [192.231.122.100]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id SAA09223 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 18:43:34 -0800 Received: from maple.lemoyne.edu by maple.lemoyne.edu (PMDF V5.1-10 #23874) id <01J87QEYYHLC005864@maple.lemoyne.edu> for CLASSICS@U.WASHINGTON.EDU; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:44:44 EST Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:44:44 -0500 (EST) From: "McMahon, John M" Subject: professional generalizations To: CLASSICS@U.WASHINGTON.EDU Cc: mcmahon@maple.lemoyne.edu Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Emerson seems to have covered everyone. I paraphrase from memory since I don't have access to my books to check the exact words from Emerson's journal. :-) A scholar is one with this inconvenience: that when asked an an opinion, s/he must first consult books before that opinion is forthcoming. John M. McMahon "Life is enriched by aspiration Associate Professor of Classics and effort, rather than by Le Moyne College acquisition and accumulation." 1419 Salt Springs Rd. - Scott and Helen Nearing Syracuse, NY 13214-1399 (315) 445-4730 mcmahon@maple.lemoyne.edu http://maple.lemoyne.edu/~mcmahon/index.html .