"That truth should be silent I had almost forgot"--Enobarbus in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, back in Rome after having been too long in Egypt.---------
Melville's PIERRE, Book 4, chapter 5: "Something ever comes of all persistent inquiry; we are not so continually curious for nothing."
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
10 years coming up since Brodhead said I alone in my black hole surmised the existence of Melville's POEMS
Maybe I could awaken his conscience with a daily count down.
I think the joke will be on those who said such things.
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