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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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She is the violet,<br />

<strong>The</strong> daisy delectable,<br />

<strong>The</strong> columbine commendable,<br />

<strong>The</strong> jel<strong>of</strong>er amiable;<br />

For this most goodly flower,<br />

This blossom <strong>of</strong> fresh colour,<br />

So Jupiter me succour,<br />

She flourisheth new and new<br />

In beauty and virtue.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Commendations <strong>of</strong> Mistress Jane Scrope’<br />

For the soul <strong>of</strong> Philip Sparrow,<br />

That was late slain at Carrow<br />

Among the Nunnes Black,<br />

For that sweet soul’s sake<br />

And for all sparrows’ souls<br />

Set in our bead-rolls,<br />

Pater noster qui<br />

With an Ave Mari.<br />

‘Philip Sparrow’<br />

With solace and gladness,<br />

Much mirth and no madness,<br />

All good and no badness;<br />

So joyously,<br />

So maidenly,<br />

So womanly,<br />

Her demeaning.<br />

‘To Mistress Margaret Hussey’<br />

Far may be sought<br />

Erst that ye can find<br />

So courteous, so kind,<br />

As Merry Margaret,<br />

This midsummer flower,<br />

Gentle as falcon<br />

Or hawk <strong>of</strong> the tower.<br />

‘To Mistress Margaret Hussey’<br />

7.102 B. F. Skinner 1904-90<br />

<strong>The</strong> real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.<br />

‘Contingencies <strong>of</strong> Reinforcement’ (1969) ch. 9<br />

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

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