Re: Noted in the newspaper

SherLok Merfy wrote:

don groves wrote:

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to
himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable
man." -- George Bernard Shaw

I've seen that quotation mangled in so many different ways
that I will cite the exact book or play when I find it, someday.
THE MAN SPOKE ENGLISH! WHY DO PEOPLE %$*& IT UP?

From: <http://www.bartleby.com/157/6.html>, line 124 ("REASON" in
"Maxims for Revolutionists" from "Man and Superman", placed online by
Bartleby.com): "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the
unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." Looks like
the only change Don made was to replace the colon with a semicolon.

Or maybe Bartleby screwed it up. Wanna bet on that?

--
Bob Lieblich
When all else fails, look it up
.

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