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, August 9, 2023

Elitism

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Elitism strikes again               The Supreme Court decision about the legality of race-based college admissions has be...
Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Owen Roberts

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  Ann Clwyd and Owen Roberts                 It will no doubt seem odd of me to write a memorial of a person who died i...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Berry Picking

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Father and daughter on the berry trail               We are basking in the pleasure of a week’s visit from son Luke and hi...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Gilgo Beach

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                Seldom do I find myself in the position of great poets of the past, but I just underwent an Ovidian tran...
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Supremely Decisive

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  I have mentioned in the past my admiration for the late Robert Goheen (1919-2008), former president o...
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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

The Pimlico Mystery

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  Old men forget, as we know from Shakespeare; but they also remember.   Indeed, I discover that one of the significant pl...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Martyrology

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  I thought I had quit worrying about our national political scene, but of course the worry is inescapable.   I have been ...
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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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