Perfesser Plum, at your service.
[That's a statue of Odysseus---not Perfesser Plum.]
Don't we sometimes wonder, "Hey! Just how did I get here?"
Odysseus wondered [also wandered], far from home, but never gave up on making it back.
Even when he'd turned old, Odysseus was ready for more.
Death closes all; but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done, ...
The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks;
The long day wanes; the slow moon climbs; the deep
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends.
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
the sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
It may be that we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are---
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
[From Tennyson's Ulysses, 1842]
Quite a guy! I hope I have one-tenth his guts.
Anyway...
The research, teaching, and writing I've done since 1968 was paid for by fellow citizens of this nation---through taxes and college tuition. This website is my effort to thank them and to repay them with something of value.
I've been blessed to learn from persons smarter and more virtuous than I. The material in this website will I hope increase your knowledge and skills.
