Author: Albert Silver
Date: 17:22:07 09/08/04
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On September 08, 2004 at 18:13:41, martin fierz wrote:
>On September 08, 2004 at 12:38:39, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>
>>Actually I can't say that I do recognize the quote; I don't know any french, so
>>I guess I belong with the unwashed masses in CTF ;)
>
>hey, you're the one who started with voltaire! it's from candide, his final
>insight about life IIRC (quoted from memory, which is dangerous at my age). hope
>you know what it means now :-)
>at least you can go look it up...
>
>cheers
> martin
Yes, it was the evolution what his mentor Pangloss taught in the beginning, that
all was for the best "...in this best of possible worlds!"
I haven't read it in ages either, but having grown up in France, and thus French
high schools, it was practically tattooed onto our neurons. :-)
Albert
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