Lars, In the light of Pound's 'devotion' to Confuscius, Mencius and Ovid perhaps you might agree-?-that I.A. Richards had a similar paradigm of 'devotion'; if not being as much a confirmed Ovidian as EP. Avanti, Kevin Kiely - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dear colleagues,=20 > > The journal FRONT, no 1, 1930 (The Hague) published Pound's "Credo"=20 > (p.11), containing the paragraph: > > Having a strong disbelief in abstract and general statement as a means of=20 > conveying one's thought to others I have for a number of years answered=20 > such questions [i.e., about his belief] by telling the enquirer to read=20 > Confucius and Ovid. This can do no harm to the intelligent and the=20 > unintelligent may be damned. > > My question is: was this an original contribution to FRONT or did it=20 > appear earlier somewhere? > > I will be grateful for any information concerning Pound's "Credo" in=20 > FRONT. > > Sincerely, > > Lars Kleberg > S=F6dert=F6rns h=F6gskola > Sweden > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts