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Microcosmorgraphia Academia • 1908
No academic person is ever voted into the chair until he has reached an age at which he as forgotten the meaning of the word "irrelevant."
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The joke links academic appointment to age and a supposed loss of concern for relevance. It satirises selection and seniority rather than establishing a rule about every academic. Readable spelling and the archived title remain.
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