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Of Angels and Angles

Its title is likely an allusion to the phrase Non Angli, sed Angeli. ("Not Angles, but Angels.") In legend, this was a Latin pun allegedly said by Pope Gregory I after a response to his query regarding the identity of a group of fair-haired Anglian children whom he had observed in the marketplace.

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Alternatively, it could be a reference to Saul Alinsky, author of "Rules for Radicals" which contains the line "....is a world not of angels, but of angles where men speak of moral principles but act on power principles"

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