Just for the sake of historical accuracy, it should be noted that the = famous "sifting and winnowing" phrase to which Barkley refers was not = written by Richard T. Ely. The phrase appeared at the end of the report = written by the special committee of the state board of education that = heard the case against Ely in 1894. There is a nice picture of the plaque that contains the phrase at: http://www.secfac.wisc.edu/SiftAndWinnow.htm For many years, it was not clear who had written the phrase. In the = 1940's, shortly before his death, several people wrote to Ely to ask who = the author was and he reported that it was Charles K. Adams, who had = been the president of the University of Wisconsin at the time. A = photograph of Ely's letter identifying the author can be viewed at: http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/Images/WER1035-3.html Bradley Bateman