I quite agree with Jack's observations and to do less than offer
constructive commentary at this juncture is of no use to the researcher or
to those of us who comprise the list.

Mark Richard Leach
Curator of Twentieth Century Art
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte
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At 02:10 AM 8/2/96 -0700, you wrote:
>It seems to me that a scholar, in hot pursuit of data, presented a thesis;
>in our collective wisdom we have responded with personal interpretations
>of that thesis to a point which resembles nothing so much as sophomoric
>debate.
>
>While I, also, look forward to the results of this research, it will
>remain a matter of no consequence to me until the data are resolved to a
>conclusion.  Then, and only then, will I decide to agree or disagree; to
>do otherwise is to denigrate the research and the researcher.
>
>Jack
>Thompson Conservation Lab
>Portland, OR
>http://www.teleport.com/~tcl/index.html
>