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, December 13, 2017

The Glory and the Freshness of a Dream

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John Stuart Mill Only rarely can I recall my dreams, but I have a vivid fragment of one from two nights ago.   It’s a hot...
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Printing with Joan Didion

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The weather gods apparently subscribe to the Gregorian calendar.   Friday last was the first of December, and that night we got o...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

In the Dark About Advent

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There is a three-way tie for the shortest word in the English language composed entirely of vowels, because three of the vowels thems...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Creepy Artists

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I had already half decided on the topic of this week’s essay—the snappy title “Secular Donatism” had already sprung to mind—when Mo...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Martin Malia's USSR

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In organizing their scholarly shindigs, academics tend to favor the centenary—the so-many-hundredth anniversary of this or tha...
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Elusive Tipping Point

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Have we reached a “tipping point” in terms of a general social acquiescence in sexual harassment?   That is the question raised, and see...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017

House of Cads

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We are sometimes a little late, but we eventually get around to things.   Only a couple of days ago we watched another Netflix episode o...
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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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