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Stirling S Newberry <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 3 Jun 1999 07:21:10 -0400
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Don Satz wrote:

>Stirling S Newberry quoted JS Bach:
>
>>"What I accomplished is by hardwork, anyone who worked as hard
>>could accomplish as much"
>
>That's a lovely and humble comment which isn't correct, and I doubt greatly
>that Bach believed it.

The only way to prove that it isn't correct is to put in the effort, and
the only way to show that Bach, known work-a-holic, did not believe this
is to drag him out of the past.

Stirling S Newberry
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