On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:29:44 -0700, Christopher Green wrote:
"Faith is believing what you know ain't so" is what is usually attributed
to
him (without specific citation). Some take this to be a witty rendering of
a
verse in Hebrews about believing n "things not seen." Others know better.
:-)
Here's something else attributed to Twain: "It is wiser to find out than
suppose."
See, that's what you get when you specialize in history instead of American
literature. So let me drop some knowledge on you all and lead you to all
of the Pudd'nhead Maxims from Twain's "Following the Equator" (1897): see
http://twain.lib.virginia.edu/wilson/pwequat.html
One epigraph that seems particularly apt for U.S. politics is:
|It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly
|native American criminal class except Congress.
Yer welcome.
-Mike Palij
New York University
[email protected]
On 2013-08-19, at 9:51 PM, "michael sylvester" <[email protected]>
wrote:
something like this "Faith is what people cling to when they know it ain't
so?"
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