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Re: Maskelyne and Harrison
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2008 Sep 11, 07:41 +1000
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From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2008 Sep 11, 07:41 +1000
George writes:
"These were public servants, who behaved as gentlemen.
Sobel painted Maskelyne as a villain, but that was necessary to turn the
Harrison story into the romance that she made of it. Frank may buy into
that, but not me."
Dear oh dear. Talk about gentlemanly behaviour! Nothing that Frank has proposed could remotely suggest such a purchase.
"[George] should not read more into [Frank's] words than [he] wrote."
"These were public servants, who behaved as gentlemen.
Sobel painted Maskelyne as a villain, but that was necessary to turn the
Harrison story into the romance that she made of it. Frank may buy into
that, but not me."
Dear oh dear. Talk about gentlemanly behaviour! Nothing that Frank has proposed could remotely suggest such a purchase.
"[George] should not read more into [Frank's] words than [he] wrote."
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