At 11:41 PM 8/20/95, Timothy C. May wrote:
And it is, as those cases were, but predicting the imminent collapse of American civilization is usually a lose.
One of my favorite quotes is supposed to be from Gibbon's _Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire_ . If I write a book about this stuff, it'll go right on the frontispiece. Something like: "It is quite attractive to posit the end of the world in one's analysis of current affairs, but historically, it hasn't proven to be correct." BTW, I've been looking for the exact quote for about 6 months, without having reread the whole damn book. If anyone who has actually *seen* an on-line copy of Gibbon would send me pointer to it, I would be much obliged. I have looked in all the usual places (Gutenberg, etc.) to no avail... Cheers, Bob Hettinga ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com) Shipwright Development Corporation, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA (617) 323-7923 "Reality is not optional." --Thomas Sowell
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