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To: Plutarch
"The quote was plagarized from Genghis Khan"

Goldberg notes it was plagiarized, although not the source. I would be interested to see where you found that quote; I find the prospect of Genghis using words like "bedewed", or, for that matter, compound sentences, pretty humourous. It just smacks of historical embellishment.
9 posted on 11/06/2002 1:02:58 PM PST by Lizard_King
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To: Lizard_King
The source of the quote:

http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/WestTech/xmongol.htm

I've seen various iterations of the original quote, all quite different.

14 posted on 11/06/2002 1:22:26 PM PST by Plutarch
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To: Lizard_King
This is another version of Khan's quote, with words that seem more Khan-appropriate. Source is Keegan's book, which is well worth reading:

In "A History of Warfare," John Keegan describes the curious mentality and values of a warrior. Genghis Khan, for example, "questioning his Mongol comrades-in-arms about life's sweetest pleasure and being told it lay in falconry, replied:

'You are mistaken. Man's greatest good fortune is to chase and defeat his enemy, seize his total possessions, leave his married women weeping and wailing, ride his gelding [and] use the bodies of his women as a nightshirt and support.'"

16 posted on 11/06/2002 1:33:51 PM PST by Plutarch
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To: Lizard_King
Al Gore invented it and first used it in Love Story on the Internet.
23 posted on 11/06/2002 7:07:48 PM PST by Temple Owl
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