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From: <tom@discobolus.co.za>
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> Dear Don...
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> All this talk of lemniscates prompts the thought that there might be a
> fascinating thread on the subject of VN and the bicycle. I know that there
> is some reference to cycling in "Speak, Memory," and that VN's parents did
> their courting on bicycle rides; any other contributions? I find it
> appropriate that VN should have enjoyed this most underrated invention --
> an ingenious system of levers which multiplies human capabilities. Just
> imagine -- it may have been the child VN who left the lemniscate on the
> sand, in some kingdom by the sea...
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> Regards, Tom
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EDNOTE. Yes, might be worth pursuing. Van rides a bicycle in ADA a time or
two. Martyn in GLORY. Famous Russian bicyclists of VN's youth were Tolstoy
and Pavlov of the P. Response. Sasha Sokolov's 1976 _School for Fools_ , a
favorite of VN's, is a paeon to bicyclists.
From: <tom@discobolus.co.za>
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> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (14
lines) ------------------
> Dear Don...
>
> All this talk of lemniscates prompts the thought that there might be a
> fascinating thread on the subject of VN and the bicycle. I know that there
> is some reference to cycling in "Speak, Memory," and that VN's parents did
> their courting on bicycle rides; any other contributions? I find it
> appropriate that VN should have enjoyed this most underrated invention --
> an ingenious system of levers which multiplies human capabilities. Just
> imagine -- it may have been the child VN who left the lemniscate on the
> sand, in some kingdom by the sea...
>
> Regards, Tom
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EDNOTE. Yes, might be worth pursuing. Van rides a bicycle in ADA a time or
two. Martyn in GLORY. Famous Russian bicyclists of VN's youth were Tolstoy
and Pavlov of the P. Response. Sasha Sokolov's 1976 _School for Fools_ , a
favorite of VN's, is a paeon to bicyclists.