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gnu.emacs.help, what is wisdom?

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From: Ted Zlatanov
To: gnu.emacs.help
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:27:00 -0600
Subject: Re: Emacs, oldsters, newbiness

On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:22:47 +0100 Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:

TN> harden the facility -- when is culture just
TN> overgrown moss? does the stone monkey
TN> even remember five centuries lost?

I can assure you that the stone monkey (in fact, *any* stone monkey) does not remember anything.

TN> is wisdom the hand that clamps down,
TN> does not soften?

Wisdom is your own mistakes giving you a reach-around, so yes.

HTH
Ted

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