Rocky Smolin
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Sun Nov 4 09:45:36 CST 2012
Seems a bit supercilious doesn't it? I'm guessing that Peter probably doesn't include himself among those incapable of analytical thought commensurate with this education. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 6:59 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] OT, definitely, but priceless Recently I came upon the following sentence, which reminded me of why I dreamed of becoming a writer; but sadly, never achieved such exquisite sculpture as this: The spread of secondary and latterly of tertiary education has created a large population of people, often with well-developed literary and scholarly tastes, who have been educated far beyond their capacity to undertake analytical thought. -- Peter Medawar Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com