Acknowledgments
"This purifying of wit-this enriching of memory, enabling of judgment, and enlarging of conceit-which commonly called learning, under what name soever it come forth, or to what immediate end soever it be directed, the final end is to lead and draw us to as high a perfection as our degenerate souls, made worse by their clayey lodging, can be capable of."

Sir Philip Sidney

 

 

"A poet should instruct, or please or both;

Let all your precepts be succinct and clear,

That ready wits may comprehend them soon,

And faithful memories retain them long;

For superfluities are soon forgot..

But he that joins instruction with delight,

Profit with pleasure, carries all Votes"

 

Horace

 
 Over the past few decades, many individuals (too numerous to name here) have contributed in large and small ways to my spiritual and intellectual growth.  This is a humble attempt to acknowledge some of those individuals:

My Lord and Creator Jesus Christ,  the giver of all good and perfect gifts.

Mildred Williams, my mother, the consummate academic for encouraging me to fully explore and develop my  intellectual and artistic interests, no matter how erudite. 

Sandra Williams, my wife, an excellent Systems Administrator, for her patience and immeasurable support in the creation and publishing of this project. 

Dr. Joseph Conlee (College of William and Mary/Department of English) 

Dr. Christy Burns (College of William and Mary/Department of English) 

Dr. Paula Blank (College of William and Mary/Department of English)

Dr. Sharon Zuber (College of William and Mary/Department of English)

Dr. Hagedorn (College of William and Mary/Department of English

Dr. Wiggins (College of William and Mary/Department of English)

Susan Bauer (College of William and Mary/Department of English)

Paul Nivasabuter- for sharing his wealth of technical expertise with me.

Paul Beatty- for his encouragement and technical suggestions. 

Matthew Krause- for his marketing expertise and encouragement.   

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