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From: "Kiran Krishna" <kiran@Physics.usyd.edu.au>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
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> Reading the poetry section of The Oxford History of Australian Literature
> by Vivian Smith, I came across a Nabokov quote: 'Tentacles, not wings, are
> Apollo's natural members.' Would someone be able to identify the quote for
> me, please? Thanks.
>
> Kiran
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> Kiran Krishna
> 3rd yr physics
> (Falkiner High Energy Physics)
> University of Sydney
> NSW 2006
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> The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weaker man with the
> sponge. First the criminal who slays then the sophist who defends the
> slayer.
> -Lord Acton
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> http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~kiran
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From: "Kiran Krishna" <kiran@Physics.usyd.edu.au>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (25
lines) ------------------
> Reading the poetry section of The Oxford History of Australian Literature
> by Vivian Smith, I came across a Nabokov quote: 'Tentacles, not wings, are
> Apollo's natural members.' Would someone be able to identify the quote for
> me, please? Thanks.
>
> Kiran
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Kiran Krishna
> 3rd yr physics
> (Falkiner High Energy Physics)
> University of Sydney
> NSW 2006
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
> The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weaker man with the
> sponge. First the criminal who slays then the sophist who defends the
> slayer.
> -Lord Acton
>
> http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~kiran
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