Several readers corrected me for writing that Turgot was called "The French Confucius". I should have said Quesnay, and European. In reply I cited a source, Sir Kenneth Jupp's translation of Turgot, p. xiii, recorded in my notes on a book I had lost. I was so proud that I had a record of the source! I allowed that maybe Jupp had erred, and even (Heaven forfend!) that my notes erred. I hinted cutely that others might have erred, and they were being captious. Now I have found a copy of Jupp. As Cassius might have put it, "The fault, dear tutors, is not in my source, but in myself that I am blundering". Jupp is blameless, and so are my tutors. For penance I am issuing this public retraction. Forgive me, brothers, for I have gaffed, and thank you for improving my mind. Mason Gaffney