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To: Valin
The mention of Holmes refers to Oliver Wendell Holmes' poem about the deacon's one-hoss shay, which was finished on the day of the Lisbon earthquake and lasted 100 years to the day. The earthquake also figures in Voltaire's Candide.
5 posted on 11/01/2005 6:59:48 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

The mention of Holmes refers to Oliver Wendell Holmes' poem about the deacon's one-hoss shay,

Link? Thanks.


6 posted on 11/01/2005 7:01:40 AM PST by Valin (Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum)
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