Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
LEAPING FORWARD
A STORY TODAY ABOUT A 500 MILLION YEAR LEAP IN MAMMALIAN HORMONAL DEVELOPMENT BROUGHT TO MIND THE "SPRINGING EXECUTORY INTEREST" THAT LAW PROFESSOR EMERITUS J. CLAY SMITH DRAMATIZED SO VIVIDLY AT HOWARD; EVEN AS IT EVOKED THE 'PROLEPTIC LEAP' OF WHICH SHAKESPEARE WROTE IN 'MACBETH,' WHICH OUR GREAT BLOCK CLASS TEACHER, JAMES BROOKS, TAUGHT US IN THE 8TH GRADE AT STEGER JR. HIGH IN ROCK HILL, MISSOURI. FUNNY HOW THINGS, SO DISSIMILAR, CAN MELD IN ONE'S MIND...http://www.potw.org/archive/potw283.html