Re: Memberlang Pages
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 19, 1999, 23:57 |
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Herman Miller wrote:
> I wouldn't pick something from Shakespeare or the Bible, but something =
in
> more straightforward and colloquial language, to make the comparisons
> easier. It should be relatively short, no longer than the Babel text or
> "North Wind & Sun". A selection from the Adventure text might be good f=
or
> that, but even that has problems ("You are standing at the end of a
> road"... Bats don't stand. What's a "road"?)
How about something from Aesop's fables? Those are all pretty much short=
,
and it wouldn't be too hard to find one that was relatively devoid of cli=
mactic
or sociocultural idiosyncrasies, probably. Any suggestions?
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Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
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Dir, Erstling der erschlafnen Frommen!
Triumph! Der Tod is weggenommen,
der auf der Welt der Geister lag!"
-- from _Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu_
(arranged to music by C. P. E. Bach)
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