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I took that with a grain of salt and looked up Dickens' dates, which are 1812 and 1870. I reminded him that he was 30 years old when Dickens died and that when he, Shammus, was an English school boy, say 16 or 17 that Dickens would hardly be presenting trophies to winners of rowing matches. He quickly and | I took that with a grain of salt and looked up Dickens' dates, which are 1812 and 1870. I reminded him that he was 30 years old when Dickens died and that when he, Shammus, was an English school boy, say 16 or 17 that Dickens would hardly be presenting trophies to winners of rowing matches. He quickly and adroitly rejoined that it was Charlie Dickens, the son of the great novelist. Whether or not Dickens had a namesake son I never found out, but anyway there is the pewter mug with a glass bottom, which Shammus said was the way drinking cups were made at that time and that fact gave rise to the common Irish toast, "Here's lookin' at you!" | ||
Copied and mailed to Prof. John J. Seammon, to W.R.U.W. Boston, Mass. 1-10-41. | Copied and mailed to Prof. John J. Seammon, to W.R.U.W. Boston, Mass. 1-10-41. | ||
The following Thursday night Prof. Seammon gave another talk, called The Notion Counter and read my name and the letter, first referring to it as "a trivial matter and | The following Thursday night Prof. Seammon gave another talk, called The Notion Counter and read my name and the letter, first referring to it as "a trivial matter and | ||
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2 I took that with a grain of salt and looked up Dickens' dates, which are 1812 and 1870. I reminded him that he was 30 years old when Dickens died and that when he, Shammus, was an English school boy, say 16 or 17 that Dickens would hardly be presenting trophies to winners of rowing matches. He quickly and adroitly rejoined that it was Charlie Dickens, the son of the great novelist. Whether or not Dickens had a namesake son I never found out, but anyway there is the pewter mug with a glass bottom, which Shammus said was the way drinking cups were made at that time and that fact gave rise to the common Irish toast, "Here's lookin' at you!"
Copied and mailed to Prof. John J. Seammon, to W.R.U.W. Boston, Mass. 1-10-41.
The following Thursday night Prof. Seammon gave another talk, called The Notion Counter and read my name and the letter, first referring to it as "a trivial matter and