OT mysterious quote (was: Horcrus disposal (was Re: The List update))

[pippin_999]

> 
> Carolyn:
> Well, talking of serendipitous (sp?) quotes, this evening I learnt 
> that Roosevelt said in his inaugural address in 1933:
> 
> 'let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is 
> fear itself'
> 
> Well well well, where have we heard that recently? Or is it biblical 
> in origin? I wouldn't know.
> 
> 
> http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5057/


Pippin:
It's from Thoreau. "Nothing is so much to be feared as fear." Journal,
Sept 7, 1851.

Pippin
"Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a 
trout in the milk." -- ibid, November 11, 1854