[lbo-talk] Paul Potts, the new Pavarotti

[Gar Lipow]

> (And there's a  similar morality fable or somesuch, about a man  entering heaven, asked to name the most talented  artist in history; the man answers something like  "Michelangelo" and -- St. Peter( ?) -- replies that it  was actually this obscure fellow no one's heard of,  supremely gifted, but never given an earthly  opportunity employ his talents. -- Anyone know this  tale I'm talking about?)

A chapter in Mark Twain's "Captain Stormfield's visit to Heaven". The
world's greatest general,musician, writer etc. are all men (no women)
who never got a chance to exercise their talents in life.