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The Wit and Wisdom of Whitehead
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2022
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There is a story, perhaps apocryphal, concerning a visit made by Alfred North Whitehead to the University of Virginia. He drove from the station to the campus in a horse drawn vehicle under the guidance of a garrulous “darkie”. Said the driver, “Are you a traveller?” “Yes”, replied Whitehead. … long silence …. “What do you sell?”. “Wit and wisdom”, replied Whitehead. … long silence. … At the end of the drive the darkie remarked, “I've never seen a traveller before who wouldn't show me some of his goods.”
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1 Christendom, Autumn, 1943, p. 543.
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