From 50bb8485291eba6cf31a19608444ee86468666dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Hay Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 23:14:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add 5.19.11 epigraph --- Porting/epigraphs.pod | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/Porting/epigraphs.pod b/Porting/epigraphs.pod index a77e9c8..fb9d812 100644 --- a/Porting/epigraphs.pod +++ b/Porting/epigraphs.pod @@ -17,6 +17,27 @@ Consult your favorite dictionary for details. =head1 EPIGRAPHS +=head2 v5.19.11 - Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror + +L + +O rigorous mathematics, I have not forgotten you since your wise lessons, +sweeter than honey, filtered into my heart like a refreshing wave. +Instinctively, from the cradle, I had longed to drink from your source, older +than the sun, and I continue to tread the sacred sanctuary of your solemn +temple, I, the most faithful of your devotees. There was a vagueness in my +mind, something thick as smoke; but I managed to mount the steps which lead to +your altar, and you drove away this dark veil, as the wind blows the +draught-board. You replaced it with excessive coldness, consummate prudence and +implacable logic. With the aid of your fortifying milk, my intellect developed +rapidly and took on immense proportions amid the ravishing lucidity which you +bestow as a gift on all those who sincerely love you. Arithmetic! Algebra! +Geometry! Awe-inspiring trinity! Luminous triangle! He who has not known you +is a fool! + + -- Isidore-Lucien Ducasse [as "Comte de Lautréamont"], + /Les Chants de Maldoror/, trans. Paul Knight + =head2 v5.19.10 - John Chadwick, The Decipherment of Linear B L -- 2.7.4