16.577 lone scholar

From: Humanist Discussion Group (by way of Willard McCarty willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 24 2003 - 02:05:48 EST

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                   Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 16, No. 577.
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             Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 06:44:31 +0000
             From: "Jim Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
             Subject: lone scholar

    Speaking of the lone scholar, I have always liked Wordsworth's word on
    Newton:

           Newton, with his prism and silent face,
           ..............
            Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.

    When I was a kid, this was my favorite quotation. I always read _prism_ as
    an adjective, and I am not sure I was wrong.

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