Re: squirrels in the attic update

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 21 1995 - 16:08:40 EST


At 1:53 PM 12/21/95, Jim Beale wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Dec 1995 06:46:21 Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>
>> Are you seriously trying to read apocalyptic implications in the presence
>> of squirrels in Dr. Dixon's attic? It's not that uncommon a phenomenon. But
>> I may have misread the tone of your post.
>
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>ONTWS THN GLWSSAN EREIDEI SIAGONA.
>
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>
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>BLAPSAI D' OUDEN, HOMWS HOUTWS EN POLLHI ATIMIAI HMAS EXEIS.
>(Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 2.2.13)
>
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Carl W. Conrad
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