Actually, I don't know where the rumor about William James got started. The poem is by Dorothy Parker. (The first stanza, that is.)
Nice sequel. ********************** Robin Pearce Abrahams Boston University [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, David Likely wrote: > > >William James scribbled down the Great Thought that had appeared in his dream. > > He later found he had written: > > Higamous, hogamous, woman's monogamous. > > Hogamous, higamous, men are polygamous. * > > > >This morning I found this on the notepad by my bed: > > Higamous, hogamus, alpha's dichotomous. > > Hogamus, higamous, p is continuous. > > > >*From memory -- anybody got a reference? > > -David > > > =================================================================== > David G. Likely, Department of Psychology > University of New Brunswick > Fredericton, N. B., Canada E3B 5A3 > History of Psychology: http://www.unb.ca/psychology/likely/index.htm > OALP Login for Psyc4054: httpS://www.unb.ca/sweb/psych/likely > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
