Michael Perelman wrote: >... one of my roommates, an unscholarly physics student, who was still sharp >enough to play an important role in building the bevetron on campus, got >caught up with Atlas Shrugged. I don't recall him reading anything else by >anyone. I thought that he book made him behave strangely, trying his hand a >sculpting.<
Some individuals are ripe for accepting a simple story that "makes everything make sense," no matter what it is. This is especially true if adhering to the ideology causes them to suddenly have friends for a change. But I don't think that explains the broad sweep of historical events. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
