Thursday, December 29, 2022

 

Mistakes

Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, "Brief Mention," American Journal of Philology 30.2 (1909) 225-236 (at 230):
But to the true scholar no blunder is small. He insists on immaculate cleanliness. If ex pede is a good motto, why not ex pediculo? To him any and every mistake is a sin.
From Eric Thomson:
Gildersleeve's witty ex pediculo is an excellent riposte to the charge of nitpicking. Lousy scholars should have fine-toothed combs.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 4:30 AM


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