Re: Dorothy? We're definitely in Kansas, dear.

In article <11lb88im1f8d26f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Pat Bowne" <pbowne@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "David Friedman" <ddfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> >> >
> >> > Cattle die, kindred die,
> >> >Every man is mortal:
> >> > But the good name never dies
> >> >Of one who has done well
>
> It's nice, but it's not true -- is it?

Depends on how strongly you read "never" and what particular things the
person has done. David Ricardo, William Marshall, Alexander the Great,
are still nominally around.

I suspect the author of Havamal was thinking in terms of a century or
two, not millenia.

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