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From: philipl@azure.UUCP
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Subject: Re: By any other name ...
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Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 01:05:47 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 19 01:05:47 1984
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>      " 'That which we call a rose by any other name would smell 
> as sweet.' Is that it, Daneel?"
>      Daneel paused, then said, "I am not certain what is meant 
> by the smell of a rose, but if a rose on Earth is the common
> flower that is called a rose on Aurora, and if by its 'smell' you
> mean a property that can be detected, sensed, or measured by
> human beings, then surely calling a rose by another sound-
> combination -- and holding all else equal -- would not affect
> the smell or any other of its intrinsic properties."
> 
>           -Isaac Asimov: _The Robots of Dawn_

Shakespeare sure did know how to pack a lot of meaning into a few words,
didn't he?

-prl