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From: spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: The Morning After
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Date: Sun, 22-Jan-84 14:23:03 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 22 14:23:03 1984
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I just ran across the following quote whilst looking for something else.
I thought it might be appropriate to pass along as part of this
continuing discussion.



          "The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to
  puff and blow, "is to learn something.  That's the only thing that never
  fails.  You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie
  awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss
  your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil
  lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds.
  There is only one thing for it then -- to learn.  Learn why the world
  wags and what wags it.  That is the only thing which the mind can never
  exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust,
  and never dream of regretting.  Learning is the only thing for you.
  Look what a lot of things there are to learn."
                                  T.H. White [The Once and Future King]


I wonder then, is grad school a refuge for the sad?
Cheers, all.

-- 
Off the Wall of Gene Spafford
The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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