On 23 September 2013 16:35, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:

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> http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/09/writing-biography-in-the-age-of-wikipedia-removing-a-shadow-from-the-life-of-justice-tom-clark/
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A. B said A. C wrote that B said A. These are all different, and we should
bear that in mind.

My favourite example is Queen Elizabeth's famous speech at Tilbury. We have
a decent article on that. There are actually two sources for it, and they
aren't compatible. The more probable one is hearsay, from a guy who used to
do the speech she made as a kind of party piece. Most raconteurs embroider.

Charles
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