On 12 Nov 2002 at 21:49, Robin Pearce wrote: > > Actually, I don't know where the rumor about William James got started. > The poem is by Dorothy Parker. (The first stanza, that is.) >
Well, it's all over the Internet and always attributed to James. Curiously, though, the only specific source given is to James in the Oxford Book of Marriage (1990). (e.g. see http://www.xrefer.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=248665&secid=.7.-&hh=1#s.7.- which seems to be a site of Oxford University Press) This is curious because James never wrote the Oxford Book of Marriage and if he had, it would be still more curious, as he was by then dead. Nevertheless, I'm betting on James over Parker. He was probably sniffing ether at the time. But where did he say it? Stephen _______________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Department web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Check out TIPS listserv for teachers of psychology at: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips ________________________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
