A Boat Against the Current

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Friday, April 23, 2010

Quote of the Day (Saul Bellow, on Intelligence and Illusion)

"A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep." – Saul Bellow, To Jerusalem and Back: A Personal Account (1976)

MikeT at 3:05 AM

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MikeT: I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand

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