Re: upper class instincts

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In a message dated 98-03-11 08:00:49 EST, you write:

<< I think Salinger - like most good writers - was often trying 
 	to capture the ineffable.  And I think too he was a natural refiner. 
 	I only wish he didn't insist on taking me with him on the hunt - 
 	or try out his various experiments (with capitals or lower case or 
 	alternative word choices or whatever) on the rest of us while he's 
 	looking.  It feels like sloppiness.
 
 	Scottie B.
  >>

I think you've nailed the issues we've been discussing pretty well on the one
hand, and on the other told us far more about yourself than you have Salinger
:)

Jim

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