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   HenHanna to Ed Cryer   
   Re: A Study in Scarlet   
   23 Jul 24 12:38:22   
   
   XPost: alt.language.latin   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   On 7/22/2024 10:42 AM, Ed Cryer wrote:   
   > Ed Cryer wrote:   
   >> Studium Cocci.   
   >>   
   >> Hic liber personam Sherlock Holmes primum introduxit; auctore Arthuro   
   >> Conan Doyle.   
   >> De suo heroe scripsit Arthurus ei ignotam fuisse inter multas alias   
   >> res doctrinam Copernicam; nec ei curae fuisse amplius scire. Qua de   
   >> causa, pro omnia sacra! Quia cerebrum humanum suos fines habet (nobis   
   >> explicat Sherlock); ergo opus est cautione quid in id ponas.   
   >> Mihi videtur hoc esse summae insaniae. Fuitne Sherlock vere insanus?   
   >>   
   >> Ed   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > Haud multis paginis post Sherlock de Carolo Darwin loquitur et eius   
   > opinione musicae; putavit enim homines musicam habuisse prius quam   
   > sermonem.   
   > Tum per ceterum librum scientiam ostendit multitudinis rerum.   
   >   
   > Talisne homo solem esse in centro ignorabat et planetas circum eum ire?   
   > Non credo.   
   > Cur tunc scripsit Arthurus eum sic dixisse?   
   > Per ironiam; sed etiam ut quandam rem momenti monstraret. Non licentia   
   > poetica; licentia professoris.   
   >   
   > Ed   
      
      
   Some kind of a joke?        an inside joke?   
      
              A dig at a personal enemy of ACD ?   
      
                           a jokey ref. to a proverb ?   
      
   Stellae caelum illuminant, sed asinus non videt   
      
   Ignorantia caelum tegit   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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