To say the least, Peter. But the whole article is sure intriguing... Finally English, eh? Doug On 14-Nov-07, at 6:29 PM, Peter Cudmore wrote: >> > At seventeen, he had heard his neoclassical poetry publicly proclaimed > by > his teacher John Braillard, normally a brutal critic, to be superior > to that > of Jacques Delille, “the French Virgil”, an immortal of the Académie > Française. After that, Saussure never wrote another line of verse... >> > > Strange response, eh? Douglas Barbour 11655 - 72 Avenue NW Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 (780) 436 3320 http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 I would almost say that my country is like a conquered province with foreign rulers, except that they are not foreigners and we are responsible for what they do. Paul Goodman