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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Department of Computer Science, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone: 415 497-4430␈↓ 
≥July 20, 1984 

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Electronic mail: JMC␈↓@␈↓∧SU-AI␈↓
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓Letters to the Editor
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Harper's Magazine
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Two Park Ave.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓New York, NY 10016

␈↓ ↓H␈↓To the Editor:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        George␈αSteiner's␈α"Borders␈αand␈αthe␈αModern␈αMind"␈αtells␈αas␈αmuch␈αabout␈αthe␈αmodern␈αmind␈αas
␈↓ ↓H␈↓about␈αfrontiers␈αas␈α"the␈αheraldric␈αimage␈αof␈αour␈αcentury".␈α Apparently␈αhe␈αdidn't␈αnotice␈αthat␈αlast␈αfall,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓in␈α∞contrast␈α∞to␈α∞even␈α∞20␈α∞years␈α∞ago,␈α∞he␈α∞travelled␈α∞from␈α∞England,␈α∞where␈α∞he␈α∞lives,␈α∞to␈α∞Italy,␈α∞where␈α
he
␈↓ ↓H␈↓gave␈α∀his␈α∪paper,␈α∀without␈α∪being␈α∀asked␈α∪to␈α∀show␈α∪a␈α∀passport.␈α∪ One␈α∀of␈α∪the␈α∀endearing␈α∀traits␈α∪of
␈↓ ↓H␈↓outstanding intellectuals is their independence - even of their own experience.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Perhaps␈αwe␈αAmericans␈αshould␈αstrive␈αto␈αjoin␈αthe␈αU.S.␈αto␈αthe␈αCommon␈αMarket's␈αarea␈αwithin
␈↓ ↓H␈↓which passports and visas aren't required.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science