Re: a Daniel come to judgement
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Sun, 05 Jul 1998 10:39:08 -0600 (MDT)
You got it wrong Scottie, I would have wondered if you were the anonymous
russian who wrote _The Way of the Pilgrim_....;)will
On Sun, 5 Jul 1998, Scottie Bowman wrote:
>
> I've decided after some hesitation to reveal to the list that
> I am in fact the sole heir to the late Czar of All the Russias
> & hope in the fairly near future to resume my throne.
>
> There you go. That's my text for the day. In response to it
> I'd expect:
>
> 1) Jim to explain that the idea of Czardom is embedded in
> the human mind & finds expression in a number of related variables -
> Caesar, Tsar, Kaiser, etc. Dear Dr Bowman has become a vehicle
> for this powerful commonality & is voicing it with the assertive
> self-confidence that is an intrinsic part of the very word itself.
>
> 2) Will to remind us how Oblonsky, Timaroff & Vutkin have all
> drawn attention to the affinity of the Czar with the figure of
> the Holy Fool in 18th Century Russian literature.
>
> 3) Camille to tell us how moved she was by the statement since
> it echoed in her own heart the role of Czarina & how this has
> enabled her to enter into the shared experience of Imperial grandeur
> with the good doctor.
>
> 4) JD Hadden to ask with the eminent good sense of the uncorrupted:
> is the old bugger pulling our leg, has he been at the LSD again,
> or is it remotedly possible he has some kind of Russian blood ?
>
> Scottie B. - who can't welcome warmly enough the arrival of
> a newcomer who writes with a cogency & clarity not always
> the most prominent feature of our exchanges. Glad to see you, JD.
> God, am I glad.
>