Guest guest Posted January 9, 2002 Report Share Posted January 9, 2002 Hi Wayne, Maybe it is not quite the compliment it is usually meant to be. QUOTATION: Take a decayed Christian ... and the remains of a Stoic; mix thoroughly with good manners, a bit of money and an old-fashioned education; simmer for several years in a university. Result: a scholar and a gentleman. Well, there were worse types of human being. ATTRIBUTION: Aldous Huxley (1894?), British novelist. William Propter, in After Many a Summer Dies the Swan, ch. 2 (1939). BIOGRAPHY: Columbia Encyclopedia. _____________ Get the FREE email that has everyone talking at http://www.mail2world.com _____________ Get the FREE email that has everyone talking at http://www.mail2world.com <> > > Wayne Fugitt > 1/8/2002 8:21:34 PM > Gettingwell > Re: Re: Atkins > > > > > > Evening Pam, > > > > >You are both a scolar and a gentleman! > > > > My old boss used to say it differently. He would say...... > > > > > > " you are a gentleman and a scholar " > > > > He would tell me this when I did something right or pleased him in some way. > > > > > > I have wondered for years where this phrase originated and who said it first. > > > > Wayne > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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