To Forgive: Divine...

...to err: human.

A hundred years from now, scholars and anthropolo- gists who dig through the archives of The Times (and why wouldn't they?) will think that most of the content in last week's issue was published on July 18, rather than August 15.

All of the proofreading that was brought to bear last week didn't catch the fact that the date listed at the top of each page - except Page 1 - contained the incorrect date.

One thing we love about newspaper publishing is its per- manence. While we regret our error last week, we promise it won't be our last.

The scholars and anthropologists will most certainly be fooled again.