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...prior owner of my copy of The Prince, for example, thought it necessary to repeatedly point out a certain “Machiavellian” quality he was picking up on in the text. Someone else used the margins of James Joyce’s Dubliners to observe how “very Irish” it all was. And a reader of my German history textbook circled every single word in a wholly unimportant paragraph, and then wrote “Hitler was a man” in the margin...
...It’s the reason our classes make us write papers. The mere specter of a skeptical reader forces us to translate our inchoate thoughts into clear, convincing language. Margin notes, for those who live in fear of posterity’s judgments, are just papers writ small...
...this attention to the judgments of others will probably seem like an exercise in vanity to some. Margin notes, they will say, are not intended for other people. And those who think otherwise are just engaged in an exhibitionist charade all the more pathetic because no one, probably, will ever read those notes, potential future biographers notwithstanding...
...will come out on top in that first-stage count, but Obama appears to have an edge. For much of the last week, the state party was posting "unofficial" returns on its website - txdemocrats.org - chiefly for reporters. With 41% of the precincts reporting, Obama was leading Clinton by a margin...
...case, the last unofficial margin - if it held - would give Obama 31 delegates and Clinton 27, with nine still to be determined...