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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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