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, January 23, 2013

The Patriot's Library

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           As the term " liberty of the press " is adopted in this country without being understood I will state the or...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Poor Little Rich Girl

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  The Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1798-1860) Of all famous quotations usually misquoted few are more popular than what Sc...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

In Re: The United States versus My Grandchildren

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  After a long hiatus in grandchild production, a blessed industry in which our daughter held a family monopoly for nearly two decad...
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Les Miz.02 Finds God

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    Victor Hugo (1802-1885): among the great ones Though I am not much of a movie-goer, over the last few months , I have act...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Spenglerian Gloom

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  Many of the world’s great books seem to consist of every damned thing that entered their author’s minds laid end to end in ca...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

A Constitutional Proposal

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2 nd : A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shal...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

A Theatrical Evening

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              This is not a “literary” blog.   It is certainly not a Shakespeare blog.   And by no means whatsoever is it a ...
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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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