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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Quotation sources - Help! #26257 04/08/2001 4:28 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Geoff old hand Geoff old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Can anyone tell me the authors of these two quotations? The first, possibly by Thoreau, is, "I have a certain sympathy with war: It so apes the gait and bearing of the soul." The second, by an Eastern European, is "Technology is the knack for so rearranging nature that we can no longer experience it." Any help will be much appreciated! Geoff Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quotation sources - Help! #26258 04/08/2001 7:16 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 http://www.intelligentsianetwork.com/mass-5/mass-5.htm Technology...the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it. -- Max Frisch in Homo Faber The technology quote was found here: http://www.cochise.cc.az.us/vondesti/quotes.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quotation sources - Help! #26259 04/08/2001 9:17 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Geoff old hand Geoff old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Thanks a bunch, Max! Some day I hope to learn how to use this computer! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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