"John K. Taber" wrote:
> Michael Perelman <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu> wrote:
> <
> Thanks to Bill Fancher and Michael Pollak for their help with the
> citation.
> I first read into the quote in a book called The Gift -- not the one by
> Mauss
> - -- in a section discussing Ezra Pound. Later, I saw the Quigley
> citation,
> that could not find in the writings of William Paterson. Now I know
> why.
> >
>
> But there's a timing problem here. Terrell cites "Personal experiences
> and
> memories of Pound"; Christopher Hollis, _The Two Nations_, London, 1935.
>
> 1935 is earlier than Quigley's book, I thought I saw 1941.
>
> Apparently, Terrell doesn't mean Hollis is the source of the quote, but
> is Terrell's source explaining the quote Pound uses. Terrell says Hollis
> quotes practically the same words on pg 30 of the Hollis paper.
>
> Pound could not have gotten it from Quigley's book because of timing;
> maybe he knew him personally? Perhaps Pound got it from some other
> source
> as yet not tracked down.
>
> Maybe the Pound email list can help:
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> I'm fascinated that the quote appears to be spurious.
>
> --
> John K. Taber
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