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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts) Wed Oct 23, 2013, 12:10 AM Oct 2013

"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity...

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/19119-of-all-the-preposterous-assumptions-of-humanity-over-humanity-nothing

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"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity... (Original Post) WilliamPitt Oct 2013 OP

Thanks for posting joesdaughter Oct 2013 #1

Kick And Recommend cantbeserious Oct 2013 #2

I agree with this assessment Skittles Oct 2013 #3

You are a good person, Skit grasswire Oct 2013 #4

I try Skittles Oct 2013 #5

Hey--I was going to post that! pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #8

KICK ailsagirl Oct 2013 #6

K&R liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #7

Incredible quote. Thanks for posting it. vlakitti Oct 2013 #9

k&r for the truth. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #10

K&R. nt DLevine Oct 2013 #11

Up WilliamPitt Oct 2013 #12

joesdaughter

(243 posts)

1. Thanks for posting

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 12:19 AM

Oct 2013

Never heard this one before.

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)

2. Kick And Recommend

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 12:20 AM

Oct 2013

eom

Skittles

(153,510 posts)

3. I agree with this assessment

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 12:46 AM

Oct 2013

I have never lived in poverty, and therefore tend not to presume the motivations of the poor for what they do or do not do. I think a lot of my life would be affected if I often did not know where my next meal was coming from or if I was under constant threat of being evicted.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

4. You are a good person, Skit

Reply to Skittles (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 12:54 AM

Oct 2013

Formidable, but good.

Skittles

(153,510 posts)

5. I try

Reply to grasswire (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 01:08 AM

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pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

8. Hey--I was going to post that!

Reply to grasswire (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 01:43 AM

Oct 2013

If I know what's good for me.

ailsagirl

(22,931 posts)

6. KICK

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 01:40 AM

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liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)

7. K&R

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 01:41 AM

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vlakitti

(401 posts)

9. Incredible quote. Thanks for posting it.

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 02:36 AM

Oct 2013

Melville is one of the greatest (and the most prophetic) of American writers and probably not one in a thousand informed readers of American literature, (i.e. English majors, if the category still exists() have ever heard of this passage from his works. I certainly hadn't.

And Jesus is it true.