Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche

"Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche" is the personal web log of John V. Fleming, the Louis W. Fairchild Professor of English and Comparative Literature emeritus at Princeton University. It continues in its title and its spirit his one-time newspaper column in The Daily Princetonian. As a general rule a new post is mounted every Wednesday morning (EST).

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

The Lays of the Land

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Laying out the Presidential Plan, wherein lies a recycled blog “Well, our bill has been laying on the table for months. If the other side ...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

A Marked Man

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No place of grace for those who avoid the face No time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny the voice. ...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Bring back the bad old days

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Disparate circumstances account for this week’s post. The first is that President Obama, in his recent “State of the Union” address briefl...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Homecoming

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There are certain dates that are likely to ring a bell for even the most casual of historians among us. For Americans July 4, 1776, is one...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

What a Prize!

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the winner of the Runciman Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Benveniste Prize Among the splendid properties owned and administ...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

From Port-au-Prince to Lisbon

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It is difficult for me to believe that there is an intelligent person alive who has not posed the “God question”—that is, “Does God exist?” ...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

On the Loose in Lusitania

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It is back to travelblog mode, I fear. Luke and I are in Lisbon, both of us for the first time, and we find ourselves happily surrounded b...
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John V. Fleming
John V. Fleming, the Louis W. Fairchild Professor of Literature emeritus at Princeton University, retired after a long teaching career in 2006. He and his wife Joan continue to live in Princeton. The Flemings have three adult children, six delightful grandchildren, and lives that mysteriously continue to be busy. He can be reached at jfleming@princeton.edu.
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