[extropy-chat] evolution sentences

[Damien Broderick]

From: "Spike" <spike66 at comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:41 PM

> Anyone know of examples in literature in which one
> can form an evolution sentence by adding, subtracting
> or changing a single letter?

The Venetians were greatly offended when Shakespeare wrote:

`Cry havoc, and let slip the doge of war!'

But their mood soon improved when he hastily read from the Bible:

`Thou shalt now commit adultery!'

Damien Broderick