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- From: gwv@eastrg2.cray.com (George Vandenberghe)
- Subject: Re: Notable Quote
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.134922.15975@walter.cray.com>
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- References: <1992Nov16.103704.2771@walter.cray.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 13:49:21 CST
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- In article <1992Nov16.103704.2771@walter.cray.com> I write:
- |> A giant of physical science from the 1700s or 1800s said somthing
- |> which roughly paraphrases as
- |>
- |> THERE IS NO BETTER WAY FOR A MAN OF SCIENCE
- |> TO DESTROY HIS REPUTATION WITH HIS PEERS
- |> THAN TO ATTEMPT
- |> TO PREDICT THE WEATHER.
- |>
- |> Who said this and what was the exact quote?
- |>
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- Sorry I made this sound like an examination question? I am just
- curious because I would like to quote it from time to time among sympathetic
- forecasters and atmospheric scientists. I saw it years ago (March 1981)
- at the World Weather Building in Camp Springs Md posted on somebody's door but
- I didn't have the time to copy it or the presence of mind to write it down.
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