[MD] Probability

[Platt Holden]

Hi Ham, 

> By the way, I lost your 'Literature &
> Belle Lettres' reference source when Mindspring dropped me as a
> customer, and I can't seem to find it on Google Search.  I'd be much
> obliged if you would provide the URL again, and possibly the title or
> source of the Poe quotation as well.

I think the site you refer to is called "Arts and Letters Daily, " by 
far the most interesting and thought provoking intellectual site I've 
found on the Web, except for this one of course: -) You'll find it at:

http://www.aldaily.com/

As for the Poe quotation, it can be found at:

http://global.cscc.edu/engl/299/PoePoeticPrinc.htm

> I needn't tell you we see eye-to-eye on many things, perhaps more than
> we're willing to admit.  Anyway, it's never a waste of my time to talk
> to you. Incidentally, should you really want to discuss my "negation
> hypothesis", it would be worthwhile for me to attempt a "simplification"
> for you, if only to make it more palatable to others.

At my request you tried to simplify your negation hypothesis for me 
before, but through no fault of your own, failed to penetrate my thick 
skull. You're  welcome to try again, if not for me then for others.  
Perhaps the barrier for me is the suggestion of a double negative, a no-
no of traumatic proportion beaten into me as a child by a harridan of 
an English teacher.

Best regards,
Platt