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Like the Ancient Mariner he is, Samuel Eliot Morison stoppeth one of three-among the myths that pass for history in the European discovery of America. As a seagoing admiral, U.S.N.R. (and Harvardman), Morison gives the back of his salty hand to those modern "library navigators" (particularly Yalemen) who in 1965 swallowed whole the Vinland map story. Morison sees a fine post-1600 hand behind this document, which was dated about 1440 by its discoverers. "I have 'serious reservations,' " he writes, "the polite scholarly term for saying that you suspect fakery." Growling about "phony voyages," he swiftly slaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cheering on the Salts | 4/19/1971 | See Source »

...freshman infield bore a close resemblance to Coleridge's Ancient Mariner they stoppeth one of three. There were nine Crimson errors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Nine Bows To Tufts, Will Hit HC Today | 4/28/1949 | See Source »

...stoppeth one of three...

Author: By Ensign H. S. bailey, | Title: ELECTRONICS SCHOOL | 6/25/1943 | See Source »

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