Samuel Johnson to the rescue -- was Re: Ad design

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Sun Mar 25 16:35:57 PST 2001


Kelley Walker wrote:
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>intentional use ... is probably purposeful.

Let observation with extensive view, Survey mankind from China to Peru

Samuel Johnson, Vanity of human Wishes, lines 1-2

That is: Let observation with extensive observation extensively observe mankind's extent.

And no one shot him. In fact, after you get by that first howler of a couplet it's a pretty damn good poem.

Carrol



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