I first encountered Josiah S. Carberry, Professor of Psychoceramics at Brown University, in Joel Feinberg’s Harmless Wrongdoing, the fourth volume of his epic tetralogy on The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law. Its acknowledgements end with this tidbit: Finally, I must mention Professor Josiah Carberry, word of whose death has just reached me. De mortuis nil nisi bonum. On his behalf it must be said, in all fairness, that his actions were rarely as bad as his intentions.
I’m puzzled but whatever this is, it’s brilliant! Thank you, John.
I was intrigued by the Latin motto and did some digging.
"Dulce et Decorum Est Desipere in Loco" --> "When times allows, 'tis sweet the fool to play."
https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0025%3Abook%3D4%3Apoem%3D12
I can only hope that current Brown graduate students are made as aware of Prof. Carberry’s exploits as my cohort was back in the day.
I can only hope that current Brown graduate students are made as aware of Prof. Carberry’s exploits as my cohort was back in the day.