Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0013970, Wed, 8 Nov 2006 01:59:49 EST

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Re: Help with otherworldly logic
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In a message dated 08/11/2006 00:03:16 GMT Standard Time, STADLEN@AOL.COM
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"I know more than I can express in words, and the little I can express would
not have been expressed, had I not known more."



At first this immediately suggested to me Lovelace's I could not love thee,
dear, so much/Loved I not honour more, which I'd always thought of as a
curious and odd thought, the reasoning of which I found difficult to follow.
Reading the various clear explanations offered, it now seems to me the equivalent
of Browning's simpler A man's reach must exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven
for?

CHW

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