Re: In the middle of an epic western ...

From: Theodore H. Mann (thmann@juno.com)
Date: Fri Jul 24 1998 - 09:20:01 EDT


I am also a great fan of Lonesome Dove, which I am presently reading for
the umpteenth time. Can anyone translate the Latin phrase below? If it
is dirty, contact me off-list. Thanks.

Theodore "Ted" H. Mann
Orchard Lake, Michigan
thmann@juno.com

On Thu, 23 Jul 1998 21:20:18 -0400 "Carl W. Conrad"
<cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu> writes:

>I am an avid reader of some kinds of popular fiction, mostly
>mysteries, but
>I eat up novels by some writers such as Ann Tyler, John Irving, and
>Larry
>McMurtry. I was enthralled by McMurtry's great western epic, _Lonesome
>Dove_, when it appeared several years ago and while enjoying a
>rip-roaring
>story kept pondering the strange Latin motto that recurs in it:

> UVA UVAM VIVENDO FIT ...

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