4 January 2007 - make it shorter

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2007 : 4 January 2007

The Explanation of Many Things

I’m sorry that the universe has been continuing for so long, but I have not had time to make it shorter.

clue:

“This letter is a very long one, because I had no leisure to shorten it.” — Blaise Pascal

This version of the quote is shortened from a longer translation by Thomas M’Crie the elder, because I had the time.