From: Dave Bird 
Newsgroups: alt.moose.rights

In article, Mad Moose Mike  writes:
>19 Apr 04 09:41, you wrote to me:
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> "If I have seen further than other men,                 (0_
>  it is because I have been surrounded          (o.       |        (o.  
>  by pygmies."                                  /\       //\       /\   
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> MM>> I thought they rather more resembled penguins...


  Well, yes, the cartoon figures ARE penguins.  The parody of Newton's
  remark was said in jest (I hope) by some 20th century scientist.

  And the cartoon is of one tall figure in a crowd of short figures.....



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"If I have seen further than other men,            (0_
 it is because I have been surrounded    (o.       |        (o.     (o.
 by pygmies."                            /\       //\       /\      /\
                                         \/_      V_/_      \/_     \/_


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