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From: David Rogers <[log in to unmask]>
To: Remes, Marju <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 23 April 1999 13:22
Subject: Re: Golden Pippins and Reverence
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Remes, Marju <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: 22 April 1999 16:44
>Subject: Golden Pippins and Reverence
>
>>In such case, I am persuaded, that those diseases, like Reverence and
>Golden
>>Pippins, will be very rare."
>
>
>Marju - The author is being rather poetic (it was in vogue in Victorian
>times!) and simply means that the "virtue" of Reverance (or treating with a
>mixture of respect and awe) is as rare as Golden Pippins (i.e. a type of
>apple) which is a reference to Greek mythology.
>
>Regards,
>
>David
>
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