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At 00:02 1999/09/19 EDT, you wrote: >Hi, folks ! >'Tis Saturday night ... in the wake of hurricane Floyd. In lieu of baling >water out my wee boat, I stayed home and tackled the big bottom drawer of my old >typewriter desk. It's chock full of old brownish, raggedy,NYT clippings, >vintage 1980s or earlier (for me, early Parkie and pre-computer). >I found a few treasures: Russel Baker, Bert Atchison, John Houseman, who >said when he read the obits "There but for the grace of God go I" ..and >one little 2x 4 inch treasure which quoted Sen. Jacob Javits who >suffered from ALS. >In May 1984, in remarks at New York Hospital, where he was >a patient - remarks delivered to doctors but directed toward others >who suffered incurable diseases - Mr. Javits declared: >"As long as your brain can function, you can contribute. >The most positive therapy is to perpetuate the life force, >and whether the patient is a mechanic or a U.S. Senator, >he or she has a motivation which must prevail over the illness." > >[log in to unmask] (Mary Manfredi) hear hear! i like it - "perpetuating the life force" janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> <[log in to unmask]>