Greetings, Scott. I've used this quote (which I do see is on p. 96 via a
Google book search):
“The rejection of my own manuscripts has a sordid aftermath:
(a) one day of depression; (b) one day of utter contempt for the
editor and his accomplices; (c) one day of decrying the conspiracy
against letting Truth be published; (d) one day of fretful ideas
about changing my profession; (e) one day of re-evaluating the
manuscript in view of the editor's comments followed by the
conclusion that I was lucky it wasn't accepted!”
Benton Underwood, *Psychological Research*, 1957
Warm regards,
Dave Myers
www.davidmyers.org
www.hearingloop.org
“The rejection of my own manuscripts has a sordid aftermath:
(a) One day of depression; (b) one day of utter contempt for the
editor and his accomplices; (c) one day of decrying the conspiracy
against letting Truth be published; (d) one day of fretful ideas
about changing my profession; (e) one day of re-evaluating the
manuscript in view of the editor's comments followed by the
conclusion that I was lucky it wasn't accepted.”
Benton Underwood, Psychological Research, 1957
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Lilienfeld, Scott O <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi TIPSters:
>
> I seek your help in identifying the source of a quotation, as well as the
> exact quote itself. I've looked around the web for some time without any
> success, so have turned as a last resort to this august (ahem...) and
> cheerful band of scholars.
>
> Here's what I recall, and I hope it's not a Loftus-esque false memory,
> which I seem to be experiencing more and more these days.
>
> It's from a famous psychologist (yeah, I know that's really helpful....),
> and the gist goes something remotely like this. One's reaction to a
> manuscript rejection occurs in three phrases...first, one becomes angry at
> how stupid the reviewers are; second , one realizes that the reviewers may
> have a few valid points here and there; and third and finally, one is
> relieved that the manuscript wasn't accepted for publication in its
> original form.
>
> Does anyone out there recall any quotation at all like this? (if not,
> maybe I'm just confabulating the whole darned thing...) In any case,
> thanks in advance for any help you can provide...Scott
>
>
>
>
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