|
|
Article: You can quote me on that
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 14, 1995
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1995 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
"You will find it a very good practice always to verify your
references, sir!" So in 1878 Mr Burgon quoted Martin Joseph Routh,
in a memoir of Dr Routh in the Quarterly Review.
The only reason I know this is that yesterday I was quoting my
old French teacher's injunction always to verify my references, and
I wondered afterwards who had first said this, and I looked it up
last night, and now I know.
Or to put it another way, I now haven't the faintest idea. I
have no idea who Dr Routh was and even less idea who Mr Burgon was,
and I haven't the least desire to know who they were, so it was a
waste of time (in this instance) to verify my references, as they
seem meaningless.
I'm not sure how ...