She thinks of a numberAnd he proceeds to guess.“Shall I describe it to you?”“No no!” he exclaims,“That would onlyCompromise my judgment.” She watches from above.Does she laugh or frown,As he guesses a numberAnd, with the precisionOf a skilled sword swallower,Describes its significance?
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Criticism
29 July, 2008
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What it Means to be Human
27 May, 2008
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“It’s easier to be a mediocre historian than a mediocre physicist (in other words, it’s easier to get a C in a history class than it is to get a C in a physics class). But it is just as difficult to be an excellent historian than it is to be excellent at anything else.” [...]
