On Nov 4, 2011, at 2:29 PM, William Samson wrote: > Wasn't it Pascal who wrote "Sorry this letter > is so long - I didn't have time to make it shorter".
Reverend fathers, my letters were not wont either to be so prolix, or to follow so closely on one another. Want of time must plead my excuse for both of these faults. The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter. Pascal, Lettres Provinciales XVI, December 4, 1656 http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/pascal/letters-c.html#LETTER%20XVI -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
