To: Borges
Was that sarcasm?
If not...
Please, tell me, what is SO noble about being a teacher/professor? For 99% of them, it's just a job. Nowadays it's also a political pulpit. Why do you think I left teaching?
Noble: adj. no·bler, no·blest
Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social class derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development. NOT!
Having or showing qualities of high moral character, such as courage, generosity, or honor: a noble spirit. NOT!
Proceeding from or indicative of such a character; showing magnanimity: What poor an instrument/May do a noble deed! (Shakespeare).NOT!
Grand and stately in appearance; majestic: a mighty Spanish chestnut, bare now of leaves, but in summer a noble tree (Richard Jeffries). NOT!
Chemistry. Inactive or inert. Perhaps
n.
A member of the nobility. NOT!
A gold coin formerly used in England, worth half of a mark. NOT!
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149 posted on
11/17/2005 2:49:08 PM PST by
papasmurf
(I CAN tell the future, just give me a few years.)
To: papasmurf
Studying Literature and propagating its' value to others is a noble vocation.
152 posted on
11/17/2005 2:50:22 PM PST by
Borges
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