Neville recalls a young man of thirty he knew in New York City who spent ten minutes every morning while shaving telling President Roosevelt off in the mirror, and Neville warning him he was building a character he would one day meet.
Date (happened)
between 1933 and 1945
unresolved
between 1933 and 1945
estimated · probable · preferred
Why
M7 dating pass (529; 525's readers, packet 007)
Reasoning
Roosevelt was in office March 1933 to April 1945; the man is in New York City, where Neville lived until 1957. Chronology 16052 (1939..1945) and 5952 (1941..1945, World War II) carry the same anecdote and may narrow it.
before 1964
bound · possible
Reasoning
Qualifying passage ids [543450] belong to telling lecture nids [1761]. Each listed lecture contributes the selected safe envelope year 1964 (MAX of its non-refuted delivery years); 1964 is the MIN across telling lectures.
before 17 March 1964
bound
Why
Tightens the phase4 L6a envelope from before 1964 to before 1964-03-17.
Reasoning
L6a envelope tightened to the telling day of nid 1761 (certain delivery 1964-03-17); same premise, finer precision. The phase4 L6a bound on this event is `before 1964`, an envelope over delivery YEARS computed without reading text. Its premise is that the fact is true by the time it is told; on that same premise the DAY of the telling is a strictly better upper bound. Nothing is re-decided — the bound is stated to the precision the evidence always supported. The delivery claim for 1964-03-17 on nid 1761 is held at `certain` by the corpus, which is what carries this claim. #2274; the L6a row stands beside this one.
Sources
Source
- I Am Called Thy Name O Lord ¶49 (He said, “You have no idea, Neville, what a joy I get out of it! There’s no show on Broadway that could give me the kick that I get when I look into that mirror and tell Roosevelt off.)