Len Fehskens writes in response to me:

>>I would say that the canon is about the 'average' of things with a
>>great deal of 'follow the leader' involved.
>
>I know you didn't say this, and may not have implied it, but I am
>prompted to infer that there might, then, be stuff that is part of the
>canon that is not truly worth listening to?

That's for each person to decide.  Also, you can't conclude that there are
parts of the canon not worth listening to until you've listened to them.
It's a bitter-sweet process.

Don Satz
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