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Re: Stegosaurus preparation photos take two...
No doubt the project would have been much more easily
accomplished had he had the blessing of the King. :)
IMO, the fact that people of competence and vision
have the freedom to dedicate their energies to their
goals is a primary advantage of our constitutional
republic.
--- Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu> wrote:
> Quoting don ohmes <d_ohmes@yahoo.com>:
>
> > Little event called the American Revolution... :)
> > PS-- The slugs/ft/lb thing is sort of over too. Or
> at
> > least needs to be.
>
> Actually, most of the spelling distinctions were
> introduced by one man, Noah
> Webster, and established largely by sheer force of
> will on his part:
>
> http://bartleby.school.aol.com/185/32.html#txt11
>
> Nick Pharris
> Ph.D. Candidate
> Department of Linguistics
> University of Michigan
>