[rollei_list] Re: Veterans' Day/Armistice Day/Remembrance Day

Marc,
While Plato does seem to be disqualified, that web page says it is fact that Santayana used the line in 1924, and MacArthur didn't use it until 1962, so you can't attibute it to MacArthur. 

Bob
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 10:23 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Veterans' Day/Armistice Day/Remembrance Day


At 10:16 PM 11/11/2008, Eric Goldstein wrote:
>It is generally attributed to Plato but not a foregone conclusion that
>it is in fact his:
>
>http://plato-dialogues.org/faq/faq008.htm

This is most interesting.  I am VERY familiar
with MacArthur's farewell address, having had to
deliver it in High School oratory when I was a
member of the NFL (wake up, guys:  the National
Forensic League, not the National Football
League!)  And I have interviewed several guys who
heard MacArthur deliver the address.  MacArthur
was an ingenious author and quite capable of
producing a phrase, and I shall henceforth give him credit for the line.

Thanks, Eric!

Marc


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