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To: LindyBill who wrote (102694)	6/25/2003 1:39:04 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Writing forebodingly about the end of empires is, I believe, a common form of discourse at the beginning of empires, q.v. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, circa 1776. Scholars, who are very useful in times of plenty, but almost useless when manual labor is needed, realize that they're far better off in good times, and tend to obsess over the future, which they do not control. They are at the mercy of those with power, far more than someone who knows how to build houses or run machines or grow soybeans. I think even us almost worthless lawyers are worth more than scholars in hard times, because we can draft contracts and deeds and draw up wills and so forth, which people always need. Not to mention foreclosures and bankruptcies. Scholars tend to be like canaries in coal mines, only far more sensitive to the slightest draft.