On 2012-11-16 04:05:56 +0100, Leo Wong <Mary....@gmail.com> said:

Thanks for passing this on. I found it interesting. However, I wouldn't
have followed your link if I hadn't seen that Eric had already done so.
It's a good idea to include in the body of the message some idea of
where the link will go. You never know if you're going to end up at a
pornography site.

Anyway, Eric won't be surprised to know that I don't agree with all
Jacques Barzun's opinions, but of his greatness there is no doubt.

Nonetheless, I was surprised by "In response to our questions about
whether there are usages he had ever changed his mind about or usages
he considered wrong but used anyway, Barzun answered straightforwardly:
'None.'" I think we should regard all our opinions as open to revision.

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athel