Applies to the Professoriate Too
6 January 2012 at 10:06 am Peter G. Klein 2 comments
| Peter Klein |
These remarks from Lord Uhtred, a character in Bernard Cornwell’s historical novel The Last Kingdom, caught my eye.
These days I employ poets to sing my praises, but only because that is what a lord is supposed to do, though I often wonder why a man should get paid for mere words. These word-stringers make nothing, grow nothing, kill no enemies, catch no fish, and raise no cattle. They just take silver in exchange for words, which are free anyway. It is a clever trick, but in truth they are about as much use as priests.
Adrian Belew understood.
Organizations and Markets 
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David Hoopes | 6 January 2012 at 1:59 pm
I saw Adrian Belew tour with Zappa.
Gotta like Lord Uhtred and Bernard of Cornwell.
“It’s a clever trick,………”
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Rob | 7 January 2012 at 4:57 am
McCafe was an Australian innovation first though!