On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Kent Olson wrote:
> It was attributed in 1924 to Práxedis G. Guerrero. According to Ward S.
> Albro, To Die on Your Feet: The Life, Times, and Writings of Práxedis G.
> Guerrero ix (Texas Christian University Press, 1996):
Great find, Kent! I've been waiting years for such contributions by you
ever since your noble efforts on the pseudo-Bismarck "laws and sausages"
quote (I have since found earlier evidence, though). Unfortunately,
however, the 1924 sourcing comes too late to make the Yale Book of
Quotations.
Fred Shapiro
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