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"I confess to an unforgivable ignorance of the sub The Search For Spock ject," Saavik said, not altogether truthfully.

I'm suggesting that you might want to kneel down before me and beg my forgiveness for your offensive behav- ior, your unjustifiable rudeness, your attempt to steal my gold, and your disgusting and unforgivable ignorance about your station in life."

The British art establishment, having already shown unforgivable ignorance and wickedness in its dealings with Turner's own Bequest to the nation, is now bandying his name about in the hope of giving some spurious historical credibility to a new prize cynically concocted to promote the interest of a small group of dealers, gallery directors and critics.