"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

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Manlio Perillo <manlio_perillo@libero.it> wrote:
Conal Elliott ha scritto:

Another helpful strategy for the reader is to get smarter, i.e. to invest effort in rising to the level of the writer.   Or just choose a different book if s/he prefers.  - Conal


This strategy is doomed to failure, unfortunately.
We live in the real world, compromises are necessary.

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Manlio