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On 07/07/03, [log in to unmask] wrote: > is >> there any room in cyberspace for such trivia? > The point is, if there isn't there should be! Although less enjoyable > to listen > to, it might well be more important to future historians than another > copy of a > pop hit (or of the head-of-the-government's speeches, which are > probably preserved > many times over in various forms!) In the 18th century, a great deal of effort went into preserving in print the sermons of various eminent divines. Nobody now would even open these books. We would give a lot for more diaries like Boswell's, full of everyday trivia. Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]