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¹²³ We wish to thank John Moreland who suggested the title and gave many helpful suggestions. Our thanks are also due to those who commented or discussed with MPP over the telephone, by post or in person. Particular thanks go to Mark Blackburn, Rupert Bruce-Mitford, Martin Carver, Tania Dickinson, Clive Hart, Catherine Hills, John Hines, Jeremy Huggett, John Newman, Chris Scull, Alan Stahl, Jane Stevenson, Martin Welch and Barbara Yorke, for their detailed comments. They are, of course, not responsible for the views expressed here. We would also like to thank Simon Keynes, for his patience in the editing of this paper, Colin Merrony, for drawing the illustrations and Mavis Torry, for helping with the text processing.