On Thu, Jul 03, 1997 at 12:41:31PM -0600, WILL HOCHMAN wrote: > David, as a writing teacher, your Churchill quote really put a smile on my > face and maybe on salinger's as well since brevity I believe was something > pretty important to salinger's story style...but part of my smile is also > in the witty way you jest! What good pre-4th fireworks, thanks, > will Well, I was reasonably certain that it was a paraphrase of a quote from Churchill, but in searching the web I see that if it was, he borrowed if from Blaise Pascal. -- David Carmean <dlc@avtel.net> Avtel Communications, Santa Barbara, CA +1-805-730-7740 Opinions herein are those of the author only, unless otherwise noted