In a message dated 11/11/2004 9:36:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I mused idly about Anglo-French rivalry over who thought up the notion of the unknown warrior. Yep. It's a good notion. Rhetoric, perhaps -- perhaps French? Strictly, what is unknown, at best, is the _name_ of the soldier -- and that, with qualifications (The soldier's name was not known to her mother, say). Cheers, JL ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html