MSN and XFree86

Bill Campbell linux-sxs
Mon May 17 12:00:19 PDT 2004


On Fri, Mar 05, 2004, Michael Hipp wrote:
>Alan Jackson wrote:
>
>>Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity
>>- Robert Heinlein (Moon is a Harsh Mistress, I think)
>
>"Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence."
>  --  Napoleon Bonaparte
>
>http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/2308
>
>Wonder if Heinlein accidentally quoted Bonaparte.

I think I've read most of Heinlein's published works, and don't remember
that one -- plenty of others, but not that.

BTW:  Is first novel, written in 1937-1938, has just been published for the
first time.

Bill
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