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From: RR.MAX@forsythe.stanford.edu
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Subject: Re: e-style prelim observations
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Date: 19 Oct 89 23:07:06 GMT
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In article <21166@kean.mun.ca>,
bewing@kean.mun.ca writes:
>happens;  spoken words are emphermal, they disappear
>in the air ; teh printed word may linger forever; people

Long, long time ago, the Romans were already aware of the
same thing, coining the phrase "Verba volant, scripta
manent"; nice to know that the computer age has not changed
all of the fundamental verities.