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There is nothing more delicate than revisiting a topic one first tackled many moons ago. Faced with the spectre of scribblings past, apart from masterly indifference, largely feigned, only two reactions are possible. There is divine self-contentment. There is bitter regret. With the former, like the good God, who in the Book of Genesis rested after the creation of Heaven and Earth, one ‘looks upon one’s works and finds them good’. With the latter, one is aghast by the amount of ineptitudes the printed page can contain. Like Ozymandias, king of kings, it is a case of ‘look upon thy works, O Mighty, and despair’.
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Neave, G. (2009). The Academic Estate Revisited: Reflections on Academia’s Rapid Progress from the Capitoline Hill to the Tarpeian Rock. In: Enders, J., de Weert, E. (eds) The Changing Face of Academic Life. Issues in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230242166_2
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