Re: The dogs bark (was Re: spreading democracy (was: Bush budget< etc>))

From: Russell Blackford (rblackford@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 18:36:11 MST

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    Okay, thanks. I did a google search of my own. I quite liked this little
    version of the story: http://www.lylefile.org/Articles/caravan_moves_on.htm

    http://www.users.bigpond.com/russellblackford/

    >From: Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com>
    >Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
    >To: extropians@extropy.org
    >Subject: Re: The dogs bark (was Re: spreading democracy (was: Bush budget<
    >etc>))
    >Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 19:03:34 -0600
    >
    > > (Russell Blackford <rblackford@hotmail.com>):
    > >
    > > Does anyone know where that last phrase ("The dog barks, but
    > > caravan moves on") originally came from? I first encountered it
    > > in Nancy Kress's writing, where it is referred to, perhaps
    > > ironically, as on old Eastern proverb, or something. Was it
    > > someone like Ayn Rand? Or is it a genuine proverb? Or did Kress
    > > make it up?
    >
    >It's a geniune proverb, and old enough that its origin is unclear,
    >though most sources call it Persian. It was not, however, from
    >Farsi, but from Arabic: "al-kilabu tanbakhu wal-kafila tasir".
    >
    >--
    >Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/>
    >"All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past,
    >are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified
    >for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC

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