The whole of the introduction was a solemnly tongue - in - cheek exposition of this notion, though Greg had the impression that later the joke rather ran out of steam (as the book very nearly did run out of authors to treat).
The whole of the introduction was a solemnly tongue - in - cheek exposition of this notion, though Greg had the impression that later the joke rather ran out of energy (as the book very nearly did run out of authors to treat).