"jim rozen" wrote in message
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In article , Malcolm
Kirkpatrick says...

MK. Robert FitzRoy learned Greek, Latin, shiphandling, gunnery,
fencing, trigonometry, and calculus, between age 12 and 14...

Oh, boy, now we're over the center-field fence, looking for the ball in the
tall weeds. g

You know, I'd put a lot more credence in the ideas we're hearing in this
discussion if it wasn't for the fact that most of these people are products
of the public education system...

Ed Huntress