{"id":1323,"date":"2007-11-14T20:33:16","date_gmt":"2007-11-14T18:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/2007\/11\/14\/precisez-mon-cher-precisez\/"},"modified":"2016-11-25T11:59:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T10:59:52","slug":"precisez-mon-cher-precisez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/sciencesurf\/2007\/11\/precisez-mon-cher-precisez\/","title":{"rendered":"Precisez, mon cher, precisez"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am currently reading Geert Mak’s “In Europa”, an excellent history of European history (in particular important for me as my high school education ended with the Weimar republic! I always wanted to ask my former teacher R. Grundel for the reasons but he died recently). This book finds and connects all the lost threads while being excellently written and easy to read. I am citing here from the notes of Harold Nicolson (p 137), a young British diplomat, who served as an advisor to Lloyd George, Cl\u00e9menceau and Wilson:<\/p>\n

Sonntag, 2. M\u00e4rz [1919]
\n… Abends Diner mit Prinzessin Soutzo im Ritz – \u00fcppige Angelegenheit. Painlev\u00e9, Klotz, Bratianu sind da. Auch Marcel Proust und Abel Bonnard. Proust ist wei\u00dfhaarig, unrasiert, schlampig; feuchte Haut … Er fragt mich allerlei. Ob ich ihm bitte sagen m\u00f6chte, wie die Aussch\u00fcsse arbeiten? Ich beginne: “Also, wir kommen gew\u00f6hnlich um 10 Uhr zusammen, Sekret\u00e4re sind hinter uns, die …” “Mais non, mais non. Vous allez trop vite. Recommmencez. Vous prenez la voiture de la D\u00e9l\u00e9gation. Vous descendez au Quai d’ Orsey. Vous montez l’escalier. Vous entrez dans la Salle. Et alors? Pr\u00e9cisez, mon cher, pr\u00e9cisez.” Also schildere ich ihm alles … Er lauscht, dann und wann unterbrechend – “Mais pr\u00e9cisez, mon cher monsieur, n’allez pas trop vite.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This comes close to my feeling when reading current biomedical literature – pr\u00e9cisez, mon cher, pr\u00e9cisez.<\/p>\n\n

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