Was indeed the one who tried single handedly to win ww2. Recalling the fallen
of July.
Best to Lawrence and you all
From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Lawrence Helm
Sent: 06 June 2015 23:00
To: Lit-Ideas
Subject: [lit-ideas] Single-handedly
Early this morning I had a Speranza moment & still don't know what to do with
it. Maybe he can help. I've been reading The Invaders, How Humans and their
dogs drove Neanderthals to Extinction, by Pat Shipman. Quite a lot is known
about Wolves from their reintroduction into Yellowstone. On page 98 Shipman
writes, "Wolf 06 was an able leader of her pack, strong and clever, and she is
one of the few wolves ever seen to single-handedly bring down an adult elk."
I got way off track thinking about this. Wolves don't have hands. Wolves
can't even be hands (as in "all hands on deck"), or can they? A man can be
single handed if one of his is cut off. If he is a sailor he can engage in a
single-handed race across the Atlantic.
Certainly one knows what Shipman means, but she is at the very least inelegant
in her phraseology. Or has "single-handedly" grown to apply to beings without
hands while I slept and grew old?
Lawrence
