Loitering With Intent
“My references to the book have been scrappy: I couldn’t reproduce my Warrender Chase in a few words; and anyhow, an attempt to save, or not save, anyone the trouble of reading it would be simply beside the point.
But I can certainly meet my essential purpose, which is to tell how Sir Quentin Oliver tried to arrange for the destruction of Warrender Chase as a novel at the same time as he appropriated the spirit of my legend for his own use. I can show how he actually plagiarized my text. And... so I am writing about the cause of an effect.
I remember as a young child being obliged to write out in my copy-book, Necessity is the Mother of Invention. The sample had already been effected in beautiful copperplate on the first line, and to improve our handwriting it was our task to copy out this maxim on the lines below, which I duly did, all unaware that I was not merely acquiring an improved calligraphy but imbibing at the same time a subliminal lesson in social ethics.MoreLess
But I can certainly meet my essential purpose, which is to tell how Sir Quentin Oliver tried to arrange for the destruction of Warrender Chase as a novel at the same time as he appropriated the spirit of my legend for his own use. I can show how he actually plagiarized my text. And... so I am writing about the cause of an effect.
I remember as a young child being obliged to write out in my copy-book, Necessity is the Mother of Invention. The sample had already been effected in beautiful copperplate on the first line, and to improve our handwriting it was our task to copy out this maxim on the lines below, which I duly did, all unaware that I was not merely acquiring an improved calligraphy but imbibing at the same time a subliminal lesson in social ethics.MoreLess
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