From tomj@wps.com Fri Jun 24 14:17:36 1994 Received: from seraph.uunet.ca by fido.wps.com (8.6.5/wps.com-hackery) id HAA15929; Fri, 24 Jun 1994 07:17:32 -0700 Received: from xenitec.on.ca ([142.77.5.3]) by mail.uunet.ca with SMTP id <91131-1>; Fri, 24 Jun 1994 10:16:52 -0400 Received: from tdkcs by xenitec.xenitec.on.ca id aa21563; 24 Jun 94 10:10 EDT Received: by tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (smail2.5) id AA19467; 24 Jun 94 01:38:44 EDT (Fri) Received: by exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Thu, 23 Jun 94 00:29:50 EST for shit-list@wps.com To: shit-list@wps.com Subject: Marat before the national convention From: Sylvia Maxwell Message-ID: Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 01:18:38 -0400 Organization: Fidonews, editrix X-Status: Status: OR quoting Marat's oration, as quoted in an old green lead-type-press book called "A Collection of Orations from Homer to McKinley" vol.7, no copyright (before copyright), old enough to have lithographed illustrations and sewn, folded quartos: "I have submitted my opinions to the examination of the public; if they are dangerous it is in combating them by substantial reasons, and not in dedicating me to execration, that my enemies should condemn them - it is in refuting them, and not in raising over my head the sword of tyranny, that their baleful influence should be counteracted." ... i'm touched by the above. Although, i do not like the word "enemies". there are no enemies. There are unfortunate limitations to present communications. But Marat did live in a sewer for years, because he was publishing pamphlets that no-one wanted to read until after the revolution.