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Monday, April 25, 2005
The Blind Leading the Blind
W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chap. VI:
In the afternoon Philip did his lessons. He was taught Latin and mathematics by his uncle who knew neither.
This is not uncommon. There are many who pretend to teach what they don't know.