Had much to say concerning crime
And most of what he had to say
Became a book, and so today
The thoughts he had in 1910
Are read by other learned men,
Who then proceed to write a lot
Of books on Durkheim’s life and thought,
And I am sure that someday you
Will write a book or maybe two,
Destined to be widely read,
On what they say that Durkheim said." - Meaning and context.">
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Albert K. Cohen (1993). "The Social Functions of Crime," at asc41.com. First part of poem presented in his Sutherland Address at the 1993 ASC meetings in Phoenix.
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A learned man, Emile Durkheim,
Had much to say concerning crime
And most of what he had to say
Became a book, and so today
The thoughts he had in 1910
Are read by other learned men,
Who then proceed to write a lot
Of books on Durkheim’s life and thought,
And I am sure that someday you
Will write a book or maybe two,
Destined to be widely read,
On what they say that Durkheim said.

— Albert K. Cohen

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "A learned man, Emile Durkheim,
Had much to say concerning crime
And most of what he had to say
Became a book, and so today
The thoughts he had in 1910
Are read by other learned men,
Who then proceed to write a lot
Of books on Durkheim’s life and thought,
And I am sure that someday you
Will write a book or maybe two,
Destined to be widely read,
On what they say that Durkheim said." in the context of "Albert K. Cohen (1993). "The Social Functions of Crime," at asc41.com. First part of poem presented in his Sutherland Address at the 1993 ASC meetings in Phoenix." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Albert K. Cohen

Albert K. Cohen (June 15, 1918 - November 25, 2014) was an American criminologist and Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, known for his subcultural theory of delinquent urban gangs, including his influential book Delinquent Boys: Culture of the Gang. In 1993 he received the society's Edwin H. Sutherland award.