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This is a fine old phrase, but I don't think it has any really precise meaning, at least not as it's being used here.  I've read the article (which is a fine one) and if one reads the whole thing, yes, one can see that Colonel House "overstepped his place" -- or was out-maneuvered, or diddled, or was grossly mistaken, or *something*.  But I think that in this first paragraph the phrase ought to be replaced by something else -- which, unfortunately, at the moment I can't quite think of. [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 23:37, 1 June 2007 (CDT)
This is a fine old phrase, but I don't think it has any really precise meaning, at least not as it's being used here.  I've read the article (which is a fine one) and if one reads the whole thing, yes, one can see that Colonel House "overstepped his place" -- or was out-maneuvered, or diddled, or was grossly mistaken, or *something*.  But I think that in this first paragraph the phrase ought to be replaced by something else -- which, unfortunately, at the moment I can't quite think of. [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 23:37, 1 June 2007 (CDT)
::I'm still working on it---and will change the lovely old phrase. :) [[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 23:54, 1 June 2007 (CDT)

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All parts of the article were authored by Richard Jensen (some as RJensen on Wikipedia)Richard Jensen 23:13, 1 June 2007 (CDT)

Overstepped his place

This is a fine old phrase, but I don't think it has any really precise meaning, at least not as it's being used here. I've read the article (which is a fine one) and if one reads the whole thing, yes, one can see that Colonel House "overstepped his place" -- or was out-maneuvered, or diddled, or was grossly mistaken, or *something*. But I think that in this first paragraph the phrase ought to be replaced by something else -- which, unfortunately, at the moment I can't quite think of. Hayford Peirce 23:37, 1 June 2007 (CDT)

I'm still working on it---and will change the lovely old phrase. :) Richard Jensen 23:54, 1 June 2007 (CDT)