Comments on: Leaving Footprints in Books http://cmsw.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/leaving-footprints-in-books/ Fri, 15 May 2009 23:37:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Wendell Dryden http://cmsw.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/leaving-footprints-in-books/#comment-21 Wendell Dryden Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:20:42 +0000 http://cmsw.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-21 Think of all the glosses, remarks, and commentary in old volumes of mathematics, history, or science. Who wouldn't want to read Newton's or Darwin's margin notes? Who wouldn't enjoy Shaw's side-scribbles on someone else's play? I have a collection of essays heavily noted and scored by my father when he was in teacher's college - that's worth something to me, and not just for sentimental reasons. For that matter, who wants blog posts without comments? Think of all the glosses, remarks, and commentary in old volumes of mathematics, history, or science. Who wouldn’t want to read Newton’s or Darwin’s margin notes? Who wouldn’t enjoy Shaw’s side-scribbles on someone else’s play? I have a collection of essays heavily noted and scored by my father when he was in teacher’s college – that’s worth something to me, and not just for sentimental reasons.

For that matter, who wants blog posts without comments?

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