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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (39298)	11/28/2001 10:43:17 AM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It's by Simon Winchester. It's a true story about James Murray, who was on the committee that put together the OED, and Dr. W.C. Minor. Minor sent in over 10,000 definitions but inspite of Murray's attempts to meet him over the years, Minor always got out of it. When it came to the point that they were honoring contributors, Murray finally went to meet Minor, still not knowing that what he would find was a man who was an inmate in an asylum for the criminally insane, an American Civil War veteran who had been convicted of murder in England. I'm not done with it by a long shot, but so far it is a beautiful journey through the progression of a kind young man's illness. If beautiful can really apply there. And it takes you into the world of "justice" in the late 1800's and the life inside asylums then. And it shows what a difference the meeting of minds can make. And what war can do to people. Not to mention that there is lots of cool stuff about words and the creation of THE Dictionary.