----- Original Message ----- From: R. Gancie/C.Parcelli <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 4:53 PM Subject: Re: Pound's Confucianism > Evidence for what? That Pound wrote beautiful poetry? You only accept ... > reading time and then of course there is the writing. If you will secure > me the requisite funds I will close my bookstore. This will afford me > the time to study Pound in detail again as well as pursue my own writing ... Hi, it is not always a good idea to get funding. On the other hand: In order to enjoy Pound's writings, one needs some kind of intelligence and intuition, as well as a warm heart; but to finish a Ph.D. thesis, or to finish a report to the organization who funds one's research, he/she needs only a machine gun. Peter Bi