Do please to take note, gentle reader, that I have meticulously steered clear of making any reference, in the commentary below, to the Coan papers on our reading list for the week, owing, of course, entirely to the fact that I've meticulously steered clear (as yet) of reading the Coan papers on said reading list, owing, in turn, entirely to the fact that I wished to steer meticulously clear of any possible accusation of merely reading and commenting on them in the petty interest of pleasing the professor (who, as a matter of happenstance, is none other than the very selfsame Coan). This carefully considered policy of mine is of course entirely a function of such ennobled considerations and by no means a function of my having run out of time to read any articles that were marked with little "optional" crosses in the syllabus. Needless to say, therefore, I will duly endeavor to have read the Coan articles in question by the time we commence our class discussion tomorrow, so that I can contribute meaningfully to said discussion, having now satisfactorily laid to rest all possible aspersions of doubt on the untainted scholarliness of my motives.
Thank you very much,
Gena the Gentle Scholar
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