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, March 15, 2017

Purgatory Postponed

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            Yesterday, before the Northeast Corridor shut down quailing in anticipation of a major blizzard, I was supposed to ...
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Scientia et Virtus

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  Most people with some professional connection to American higher education probably know something about Middlebury, one of t...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Improving the Proofing

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I see that this is the 399 th in a series of weekly blog essays that began on June 13, 2009.   Time sure flies when you’re having ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

An Existential Doubt

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We just had a great weekend that included an overnight visit from old friends abetted on the meteorological front by an unexpected pr...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

In Search of the Right Valentine

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I was in my CVS the other day picking up the medical prescription of the week, and I could barely make it to the back, where the pha...
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Typographical Mystery

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Sam Clemens, Printer's Devil with his composing stick My claims to be a letterpress printer become increasingly threadbare,...
Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Syrian Yankees

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  My mother, though an unwavering supporter of my educational aspirations, thought I spent too much time reading and thinking an...
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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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