To: BenLurkin
Whereas just when you and other nations are beginning to be provided with letters and the other requisites of civilized life, after the usual interval, the stream from heaven, like a pestilence, comes pouring down, and leaves only those of you who are destitute of letters and education;
Sounds like he understood that cities suffer the brunt of cataclysm. I interpret it as meaning those with little to begin with tend to be survivors.
However there is a lot of common knowledge these days that isn't easily lost. Even a lowly high school dropout like myself can give a fair explanation of lift and even demonstrate how it works.
7 posted on
10/08/2013 8:07:16 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: cripplecreek
Indeed. The duck dynasty survives. The kardashians...not so much.
11 posted on
10/08/2013 8:10:23 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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