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History from the ! o The
Mall Tribun 10, 20, 30, 40
nd 50 vain ago.
10 YEARS AGO
June 21, 193 (Sunday)
The election yesterday, In
Phoenix, on $12,700.14 oyer
the constitutional nmiwu
nassed by a H-vote mirii,
according to Mrs. Olive Kicn
ards, city recorder; the ' vote
was 43 for and z s-ainai,
higher total than last year.
Westlnghouse Electric Sup
ply company was opened yes
terday In a new location at
1233 Court St., according to
Jack Morcland, branch man
ager, who moved to Mcdford
ii. week: former location
was at 38 North Bartlett it.
Brief View of Colorado
The Mail Tribune's city editor, Earl H. Adams,
visited Denver just under two months ago, and
found the surrounding countryside in the grip of
a hostile drouth. The land was parched, he re
ported, the fields brown, the streams and rivers
dry or low.
Today the situation is reversed. There is al
most too much water. Several counties have been
declared disaster areas because of flooding and
high water brought by cloudbursts of last week
end.
Reservoirs are full or almost full. Streams
are full to overflowing, fields are -green, or,
where plowed, show gleams of water between
the furrows wnen tne 6un siriKes.
. .
THE fertile, level land between Denver and the
swift rise of the Rockies is lush, and at almost
every farm a pond stores water lor later use.
And water is the life-blood of the Rocky
Mountain Empire. Without it, little can be done.
And todav Coloradans are happier, despite the
major damage by the opening heavens, that
brought four' inches of rain in some areas in
just a lew nours, ana wnicn, in puruuna in huuui
Denver, piled egg-sized hail four feet deep within
minutes.
A number of highway underpasses were filled
with water ranging from three or lour leet deep
up to 15 and 20.
IT HAS been years since we had visited Denver
before last week end, and our memories of it
were vague. And we saw little enough of it as
we passed through it twice, quickly, en route to
ana irom Wyoming.
, But what we did see intrigued us. It is a
beautiful city of wide, tree-lined streets, of parks,
and of solidly-built brick homes. (We learned
that an early-day city ordinance required brick
or masonry construction only to the consider
able advantage of certain members of the city
council, who were brick manufacturers or deal
ers.)
Despite the origin, however, the overall effect
is one of spaciousness, taste and beauty.
"Frightfully Sorry, Really"
fXCFUMO
Queen Frederika Seen Cause of Crisis ,
In Greek Government; Elections Slated
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foraign News Analyit
Just as fictional detectives
are advised to seek out the
woman in the case, some poli
tical sleuths
thought they
had found her
this week in
the back
ground of the
downfall o f
Greek Pre
micr Constan
tine Caraman
lis. Although
King Paul had
served as front man, they de
cided, the woman In the case.
and the cause of it all, was
headstrong Queen Fredrika.
The reason seemed petty,
certainly not enough to bring
down a government which in
eiaht years had brought both
stability and a measure of
prosperity to Greece.
Ostensibly it was King
Paul's determination to car
ry out scheduled July state
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June 21, 1143 (Monday)
Jackson county taxable
values decline $281,020.
From Arthur Perry ! "Ya
Smudge Pot" column: "Sum
mer arrived yea, at 4:13 p.m.
and was conspicuous by Its
absence. It was too cold for
any member of the fair sex to
wear her summer furs."
30 YEARS AGO
June 21. 1933 (Wednesday)
County Jailer, charged with
ballot theft, to go on trial
next.
Clark Gablue, movie star,
goes fishing in the Rogue.
40 YEARS AGO
June 21. 1923 (Thursday)
Continued rain causes Ash
land district cherries to crack.
Price of sugar drops 20
cents per hundred as canning
season ncars.
SO YEARS AGO ',
June 21. 1113 (Saturday)
Plank crossing at S. P
tracks being torn up, to be
replaced with asphalt.
Youth, refused license to
marry 15-year-old girl, trios
suicide.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina at ten carted b Mperiefj
aavaa at alaht la aualtafiti ttva
all M tad.
1. Who succeeded Neville
Chamberlain as Prime Min
ister pf Great Britain?
2. Do shamrocks have three,
four, or five leaflets?
3. January 1st Is observed
as a legal holiday in all states;
true or false?
4. If an actor wore mutton
chops, would that be apals,
side-whiskers, or a swallow
tail coat?
5. The Uffrail is the bul
warks around what part of
ship?
6. On which denomination
of U.S. currency la depicted a
likeness of F. D. Roosevelt?
7. Feathers of what color
denote cowardice?
8. Cashmere l the soft wool
t a type of sheep, goat, or
rabbit?
0. Who la the Supreme Be
ing ot the Mohammedans?
10. What la the blrthstone
for January?
A a s w a t s i 1. Wlnitoa
Churchill, t. Three. 1. True.
4. Side whisker. I. Stera. I.
Dime. 7. While. I. Oeat. I
Allah. 10. Garnet. -
THIS effect does not, however, necessarily ex-
tend , to civic, political, educational or jour
nalistic affairs.
During a couple of late-night discussions with
friends both new and old, who are familiar
with the Colorado picture, we were told that all
is not sweetness and light in the mile-high state.
The University of Colorado at Boulder is in
I turmoil; with its President, Quigg Newton, a for
tnt Denver -mayor, on the way out; Nwittv legUla-
twvaj ftppropnnionB inadequate iov ue Univer
sity's needs, and with politics entering most of
the University's affairs, one way or another.
Perhaps we don't realize how lucky we are
in Oregon.
IN OREGON, a majority of the newspapers, de-
spite disagreements on other matters, support
education and educational excellence at all lev
els. In Colorado, we were told, such support is
the exception rather than the rule.
Nor are Colorado's papers noted for editorial
independence, vigor or courage. A major excep-
Unn in Ui i nn...,i T 1 .. Ji .1.1 r
nvjn au una io vvi o uuumai, h mi wet'Kiy paper
that speaks out on any matter that may be of
concern to its strong-minded and individualistic
founder and editor, Gene Cervi.
Journalistically speaking, the Denver Post
dominates not only Colorado but the rest of the
Rocky Mountain area. The Rocky Mountain News
comes next, although it is no match for the rich
Post, which still features the gee-whizz type of
makeup that cave it its reputation in (ho vnnw
journalism days of Bonfils and Tamilian.
THE POST, under the present leadership of E.
Palmer (Ep) Hoyt, formerly of the Portland
Oregonian during its best days, is a vast improve
ment over the earlier sensationalism. But the
paper, in our view, does not measure up to the
better metropolitan papers of the nation, even
yet
We had little opportunity to spo anv nf tho
small-town papers of the state, which, in Oregon,
are the backbone of responsible journalism. But
friends in whose judgment we trust were far from
enthusiastic.
It is our conviction that without independent
papers, which report the issues of the day, com
ment upon them, and invite the comments of oth
ers, no state can maintain a healthy political
iiiiuuie.
Ab r UK the rest of Colorado, our observations
were confined to lookintr out tho winrlnwa
of airplanes, but it is no exaggeration to say that
uiurauu is one oi me mosi beautiful states in
the nation.
The high peaks of the Rockies, eternally
snow-vlad, with jairired. iuttinrr rocks anrl sniroa
plunging deep valleys, sheer cliffs and long slopes
of rock slidesthese are among the most dra
matic and spectacular mountains in the world.
The slopes somewhat lower but still nearly
two miles above sea level are covered with mile
after mile of virgin forests, untouched by chain-
aw8. id-naps u is me quality of the lumber, or
its inaccessibility, or some other reason, but the
high foi-ests of Colorado retain their untouched
beauty.
Colorado is magnificent. But it has it. nrnli
lems, too, most of them of human manufacture.
tven tne mile-high city has smog. E.A.
Two Words
To the Editor: And to Lydia
Burnham and others of like
views: There are two words
of scripture I would reconv
mend for study and contem
plation. The first is found in
Ps. 14.1 Bnd Ps. 53:1, "The
fool says In his heart, 'There
is no God.' "
Today approximately one
billion people are under the
heels, the whips, the guns of
murderous tyrants who say
there is no Cod. Is it a coinci
dence?
The second word is found
In Jno. 10:38. "Even if you
believe not my words, believe
me for the very works' sake."
For nearly 20 centuries the
followers of Jesus have been
doing the works of faith in
His name. Around the world
where His name has gone we
find schools, missions, chapels,
churches, homes for orphans,
the crippled, the old ones,
hospitals, uplifted standards
of living, mental, moral and
economic. All these had their
orlRln In the faith and devo
tion oi the people called Chris-
Now comes this van tfaas-
en, cited by Lydla as having
writton a factual account pur
porting to show the story of
Jesus Christ as a silly myth.
Now, facts are supposed to be
proven, or provable, or at
least rendered highly proba
ble and not contradicted by
known truth. Where and how
did Van Paascn get his
"facts"? Christian scholars
and authors for centuries have
been seeking authentic ac
counts of the life of Jesus.
Has Van Paascn unearthed
scrolls unknown to anyone
else?
Dr. Luke, beloved physi
cian, wrote two of the best
authenticated books of the
Bible. Writers like Van Paas
cn have tried in many gener
ations to destroy or discredit
these scriptures, but the Bible
continues to be the world's
best seller.
aiuil oi Tarsus, known as
St. Paul, the best educated,
most highly trained ot the
curly disciples of Jesus Christ,
cites several instances of rye
witnesses who saw the risen
Christ, whom they recognized
as the Jesus they had known.
Lydia says the resurrection
of Jesus was humanly impos
sible. That is true, but with
God all things are possible.
Jesus, Son of God, conceived
by the Holy Spirit, could not
be held by death.
I am sure it will be a long
time before this Van Paascn
will supersede Luke and Paul
in the thinking ot Christian
people. If Lydia should wake
up In the emergency ward of
a modern hospital (which I nm
not wishing for her) she may
find It hard to account for the
service of love she will re
ceive In the name of Jesus.
"Believe In me for Ihc very
works' sake."
L. G. Weaver
am Haven st.
Mcdford.
we will not be allowed a $600
exemption this year. Last year
we were not allowed to use
students as dependents. Who
passed that so-called revision?
According to the new tax re
visions (?) we will not be al
lowed to deduct the federal
tax which we have already
had deducted from our sal
aries. I believe somewhere in
the Constitution of the United
States there is a passage
which states quite clearly that
no one can be taxed a tax
upon a tax. Are residents of
the state of Oregon protected
by the Constitution or do we
just let the state officials in
Salem do as they please?
If this state is so poor why
not raise cigarets 4c per pack?
Also raise the tax on liquors,
jewelry, cosmetics, furs and
all luxury items. The people
who actually want these items
will buy them regardless of
price. The person who smokes
will pay $1 a pack for cigarets
if ho wanls them, if not he
will quit. The same goes for
all unnecessary items. I am
not against any luxury Items,
II I want them 1 11 buy them,
providing 1 have the caah, to
1 fills slMle needs mohey- tnere
are many ways to raise money
besides taxing upon taxes the
already overtaxed taxpayer.
This letter is being sent to
every representative and Con
gressman who is interested in
and concerned for the people
of Oregon. I sincerely hope
that something can be done in
the future to allow the people
to vote on the taxes they are
to pay. This letter is being
sent also to our local newspa
per so that if there are any
other people who wish to
write to our Congressmen
about this tax measure they
may do so.
Evelyn Thompson
2215 Hiway 66
Ashland, Ore.
Tax Proittt
To the Editor: Have been
reading in the paper the last
few days and weeks with
much disgust the new state
income tax revisions. As prop
erty owners and taxpayers we
feel that any time the legisla
ture votes to raiae our taxes
we should be it least permit
ted to cast a vote for or
against a tax raise, be It prop
erty or personal taxes.
Therefor this letter, asking
our congressmen and repre
sentatives to sec that either a
special vote or at the regular
voting time before any change
is made in the state Income
tax, it be put on a ballot for
the iicople of this state to
decide. After all. we do live
here.
According to the revisions
Civil Defenaa
To the Editor: The insist
ence of the Administration
on the establishment of fall
out shelters is prompting a
lot of serious thinking among
many of our citizens. Just the
idea that such shelters arc
considered necessary is an ad
mission that the heads of our
government admit their feel
ing of incompetence to pre
vent an enemy from waging
war on us whenever they
wish.
Under our form of republi
can government, as estab
lished by our Constitution,
our Administration and its
appointed officials are sup
posed to be our first line of
defense against any enemy
If. as seems obvious, they ad
mit their inability to keep
any enemy from attacking us
. . . what have we got to lose
if we select a new group of
officials, loyal to America
first instead of to the United
Nations? Could they do
worse" Would not the very
fact that we did not consider
fallout shelters necessary dis
courage any enemy from
even considering an attack on
us? The answer seems
obvious!
Bruce Y. KlcinSmid
1719 S.E. Portola dr.
G ranis Pass, Ore.
of Jackson county,
like to raise a few
citizen
should
more:
1. Is the rapid increase In
the budget of the mental
health clinic warranted? Does
the case load of the mental
health clinic justify the em
ployment of the present num
ber of psychologists and psy
chiatrists, or are these em
ployed in anticipation of a
future case load greatly in
creased? 2. What will eventually hap
pen to the quality of service
given at the Juvenile Deten
tion Home, if the budget does
not include funds sufficient
to employ qualified (social
case) workers?
3. In the event that the
staff at the Mental Health
Clinic is not over-worked at
the present time, would it be
possible for them to lend part
time service to the Juvenile
Home?
In a world where we are
becoming increasingly crowd
ed, and elbow room will soon
be at a premium, it occurs to
me that considerations in
volving human relationships
ahould increasingly get prior
claim. We are fortunate to
have a four million dollar
budget. )'
Clifford J. Young,
Pastor, Eastwood Bap
tist church,
N. Keeneway at Ridge
way, Medford
Quattions
To the Editor: It was an In
teresting and Informative ex
perience to attend the "Town
Meeting" type of meeting
which was held to give oppor
tunity to hear proposals to
alter the county budget, held
In the newly re-decorated
court room of the courthouse
last Monday night. Each who
attended has. 1 am sure, a new
appreciation of the work of
Judge Miller, the budget com
mittee and the commission
ers. Off-hcnd, 'twould seem
that the meeting did accom
plish little, as the budget was
not amended.
But some interesting ques
tions were raised, and I, .is a
visit to Great Britain against
the advice of hii 58 - year
old premier.
But the word wis ihat the
king merely was acting in
support of his pretty queen
who remained undaunted by
the fact that on tier last visit
to Britain in April left wing
demonstrators had put
her into undignified flight
down a Mayfair Street.
Queen Frederika, born a
German but determinedly
Greek since her marriage,
long has been a figure of
both praise and blame.
She won the affection of
Greeks with her work among
Greek children during the
Greek civil war, once diso
beying military orders against
entering a contested village
where she had heard gueril
las were holding a group of
children. She entered th vll
lage alone despite enemy gun
fire. But she also won the en
mity of Greek ministers who
resented her intrusions Into
politics and her clearly held
opinion that frequently she
knew better than they.
But the crisis which
brought down the Caramanlis
government had more to it
than a question of social
amenities.
In fact there was reason to
believe that Caramanlis him
self had invited the dispute
as a reason to resign and
force the country Into elec
tions.
In his own country Cara
manlis long has been under
(ire from liberals and leftists
on charges that be rigged the
1981 elections.
Outside Greece, Communist
propaganda has maintained
a drumbeat of charges that
Greece is one of three remain
ing Fascist countries in Eur
ope. Both Caramanlis and the
royal family have been un
der mounting leftwing crit
icism for the 1,000 or so po
litical prisoners remaining in
Greek jails 15 years after
the successful fight against
the Reds in the Greek civil
war. .
It was upon this issue that
leftwingers and ban-the-bomb
followers of Bertrand Rus
sell put Frederika to panicky
flight last April.
At for himself, Caramanlis
is dealing from a position of
strength.
His national Radical Un
ion Party controls 180 of the
300 seats In Parliment, mak
ing it Impossible to form a
new government without his
permission.
He remains one of the most
popular politicians In Greece
and can look forward confi
dently to popular endorse
ment of his policies In new
elections.
Out of the present shakeup
seemingly can come two re-
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
T IZ
The news as this Is written?
Here's a briefing:
and Burton to wed-as
soon as both can get free
from existing ball-and-chains
-maybe about October. It will
be Liz's fifth and Burton's
second. '
In San Francisco, the na
tion's first Longevity Founda
tion is incorporated.- Among
its projects will be researcn
on long - term storage ana
transplantation of such vital
organs as the heart, kidney,
liver and bone marrow. Ihe
idea? When something essen
tial begins to wear out, you'll
go to the shop and have a new
part installed.
In London, Former war
Minister Profumo, whose af
fair with a red-headed call girl
nearly brought down the Brit
ish government, returns to
London-his wife on his arm
and "profound remorse in his
Prophecy
To the Editor: Someone
asked Evangelist Mr. Gra
ham the question: "Will life
go on in Heaven as it does
here?" His answer: "No." My
answer: "Yes, in substance."
He points out this Earth
will be celestialized and there
will be no marriage in heav
en, which is correct. In the
first place, we will have
1000 years of peace and rest
from the control Lucifer is
having now. Then we will
have the opportunity to pre
pare ourselves for our lives
in Heaven.
When our Savior was
chosen to atone for Adam's
transgression, we were also
Riven the plan of salavation
that Jesus brought in its full
ness, including the Holy Mel-
chisedic Priesthood that he
conferred upon his Apostles
in the churches he establish
cd. He said to Peter: "And I
will give unto thee the keys
of the Kingdom of Heaven
(the priesthood) and whatso
ever thou shalt bind on Earth
shall be bound In Heaven."
After the First Resurrec
tion in the Millennium we
shall build houses and inhabit
them and plant vineyards and
gardens and eat the fruit of
them. There could be no ob
ject in this if the family
unit would not continue in
the life to come as it is here.
Here we will also build the
Temple that Jesus will come
to when he comes to be the
King of Kings. John also saw
a river of pure water flow
ing out of the Throne of God
and the Lamb. And there
would be trees on either side
of the river bearing 12 man
ner of fruit and yielding its
fruit every month. And the
leaves would be for the heal
ing of the Nations. Ezckicl
also verifies this prophecy.
Isaiah continues: "And the
sucking child shall play on
the hole ot the asp. And the
weaned child shall put his
hand on the cockatrice den."
Will not then the tears cf the
mother who had lost her
child by death In his life be
wiped away by the Lord?
At the end of the Millen
nium John testifies this Earth
will be celestialized and be
come as it were a Sea ot
Gla& mingled with fire. And
it will then take its place
among the stars we see In
the firmament.
John F. Peterson
811 South Holly st.
Medford.
Religion In Schools '
To the Editor: Last night
the news stated that the Su
preme Court had reaffirmed
its finding of last year in re
gard religion in schools.
On this I join with Justice
Potter Stewart and all others
dissenting. I take the stand
that until the Supreme Court
finds the First amendment to
the Constitution to be uncon
stitutional it has no business
making any ruling for or
against on this subject.
I base my contention upon
what I and many others con
sider a liberal intepretation of
the wording of said amend
ment: "Congress shall make
no law respecting an establish
ment of religion, or prohibit
ing the free exercise thereof."
In this wording I interpret
the word Congress to mean
the Government or any law
making body thereof. If this
point be well taken the Su
preme Court has exceeded its
authority, in that the Court is
an arm of the Government.
It is my further contention
that religion, however lightly
taught in any school, becomes
the province of the principal,
superintendent or the school
board, as the local school laws
define and should be treated
as any other subject of the
curriculum.
I recognize that controver
sial nature of the subject in
dicates that its teaching be in
a manner least offensive to
the pupils and the Church to
which they may adhere. I can.
not see where harm or em
barrassment can come ot
teaching of the Lord's Prayer
or the Golden Rule or other
basic fundamentals since they
are included in most religions,
Christian, Mohammcdism
Buddhism and many others
both past and prsent.
My past experience, and I
have attended schools where
the students were of mixed
religious beliefs, has never
shown detrimental effect from
such teachings.
To say that because a few
take exception to non-sectari
an, basic teaching of religion,
it should be excluded, is no
more reasonable than to ex
clude any other of the regular
subjects because some do not
want them, for whatever rea
ion, and would be very much
contrary to the established
custom of majority rule.
If the Supreme Court gets
away with this, watch out
Free Press, Free Speech and
many other Freedoms of
which wa havt too few left.
C. R. Burrill
M4' Cherry st.
Central Point, Or.
heart." (Wh;.- the remorse? He
got caught.)
IN SAN FRANCISCO, after
paying an expert $55,000 to
make a study, they get the
sickening news that the Can
dlestick Park wind that makes
life miserable for the fans
can't be done away with. The
best that can be done is to
CHANGE IT and ' make it
blow from another direction.
And.
In Washington, it , is re
vealed that approximately 10,-
000 one-dollar bills containing
mismatched serial numbers
have been printed and sent
into circulation. The error is
apparently one of the worst in
the "almost impeccable" his
tory of the Bureau of Engrav
ing and Printing.
The heck of it is that they
can't be sold at high prices to
collectqrs-aa were the stamps
that goj bungled a while back.
QJHUCKSl Let's talk about
outer space.. .
As this is written, Russian
Cosmonaut Bykovsky is in his
fifth day out there. , He has
traveled somewhat more than
1,800,000 miles. His dimpled
space comrade has traveled
about half that far. -
The moon's average dis
tance from the earth is 238,-
000 miles (At its perigee, or
nearest point, it is 221,000
miles off. At its apogee, or
farthest point, it is 253,000
miles away.)
At its average distance, the
round trip to the moon would
be about 476,000 miles. So
Bykovsky has traveled the
rough equivalent of - four
round trips to the moon.
Which is to say, he is the
world's top traveler from the
standpoint of distance.
There was a time when a
round-the-world traveler was
SOMEBODY. Those days are
gone where the woodbine
twineth. What s a mere 25,000
miles in this age?
ONE of tne most interesting
superstitions about the
moon concerns its supposed
effect on insanity. Our word
LUNACY comes from the Lat
in word LUNA, meaning
moon. Lunatics once were sup
posed to have become Insane
from gazing at the moon.
It sounds reasonable..
Maybe that's how these lun
atics who are proposing to
spend 840 BILLION to put a
man on the moon got that
way.
suits. Queen Frederika will
get permission to make the)
state visit to Britain. And
Caramanlis will be able to
stifle his critics through a
new mandate.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
, ' (c Held BnterprlMi, Ine.
Mr t
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PRAISE AND BLAME '
Looking through the SDrin
issue of the "Antioch Review."
I ran across a reference in
one article to
"what nama
Ulysses assum
ed when ha
went among
the women.'
Upon reading
this, I prompt
ly inserted a
sheet of paper
in my. tvne.
SUM writer anrl arf.
dressed a brisk admonitory
note to the editor of the maga.
zine, informing him that it
was Achilles, rather
Ulysses, that the author
meant. I mailed the lotto,. r
just as promptly.
Shortly afterwards h
pleasant thought occurred to
me that this was exactly tha
kind of reaction I most dislike
m many of my own readers.
They will write: "I have en.
joyed your column for many
years, but in the issue of so-and-so
you quoted Montaigna
wueii you meant Pascal , . ."
Certainly, errors should
be called to one's attention
but did I ever take pen in
hand to tell the editor of
the "Antioch Review" how
much I enjoyed the essay on
pesiiiviitie philosophy, or
existential fiction, or lha
short story I read- with
much pleasure? 1
No, I did not. I patiently
waited until I caught a
hasty author and a careless
editor in a minor error -and
then I pounced with my
superior knowledge, to
make them feel that here
was a reader who could not
be found napping. ,
That we are motivated by
negative rather than by pos
itive forces is on of tha
most discouraging aspects of
lha human animal. W will
not lift pen to praise a
.-, writer who has gratified us
for years, but the moment
we disagree, or are rubbed
the wrong way, or detect
an error of fact (which may
very well be typographical),
we rush pell-mell to tha
desk and send off a snide
little note, as I did to th
magazine editor.
The pleasure of putting
someone else down is one we
are enormously reluctant vo
relinquish. Some personalities
are so distorted, in fact, that
they can identify themselves
only in terms of what they
dislike and feel superior to:
all bigotry, at bottom, is a
way of pushing some group
into the muck and exclaiming
how dirty they are!
Appreciation, freely given,
is one of the outstanding
marks of a generous charac
ter. I am not talking about
compliments, which are social
in nature and exist on a .quid
pro quo basis - but about a
voluntary expression of .grat
itude for pleasures we normal'
ly take for granted. Only
when the pleasure stops for
a moment, or reverses itself,
are we prompted to react in
a negative manner.
Whether it was Ulysses or
Achilles or Ajax made abso
lutcly no difference to the
author's point. What made a
difference was my alacrity
in pointing the finger of
blame, and my inertia in pen
ning the praiseful note I
should have written ma'.iy
months ago.
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