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, July 26, 2017

Uhblation

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It was about ten years ago, in Paris.   My eldest granddaughter and I were walking briskly through the Champ de Mars, the Eiffel ...
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Prince Fred's Knob

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Prince Fred on the Geological Survey Map             I just returned from a short trip to New York City.   I had an appointme...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Voting Crisis

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              Around the Fourth of July the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, one of the respected polling outfits, conducte...
Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Gubernatorial Overview

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            New Jersey, where much to my surprise I have now been living for more than half a century, has certain obvious disadva...
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Political Surfeit

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            Not long ago I had the good fortune of a leisurely medical consultation with an eminent academic physician, a department he...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Crisis of Diplomacy

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Not too long ago I found myself alone in a doctor’s office.   A nurse had taken my vital signs and gravely recorded them, first o...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Famous Last Words

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Many years ago, more than forty, I had a bizarre and frightening experience that remains vivid in my memory.   I was at that p...
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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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