Samuel Johnson to the rescue -- was Re: Ad design
Carl Remick
carlremick at hotmail.com
Mon Mar 26 15:14:05 PST 2001
>Kelley Walker wrote:
> >
> >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....
>
>Carrol
Well, it's not so silly if you put the stress on "mankind." Cf. Alexander
Pope: "Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is man."
Carl
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