add too-good Dijkstra quote

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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ the text and links there haven't been updated. And/or you can get started on ins
 
     Those of you interested in additional Q&A but who can't make that time, let us know.
 
-    You should see this student sessions as opportunities to clear up lingering
+    You should see these student sessions as opportunities to clear up lingering
 issues from material we've discussed, and help get a better footing for what
 we'll be doing the next week. It's expected you'll have made at least a serious start on that
 week's homework (due the following day) before the session.
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ course is to enable you to make these tools your own; to have enough
 understanding of them to recognize them in use, use them yourself at least
 in simple ways, and to be able to read more about them when appropriate.
 
+"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." -- [E. W. Dijkstra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra) <small>(or Hal Abelson, or Michael Fellows; the quote's <a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Computer_science">origins are murky</a>)</small>
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 [[More about the topics and larger themes of the course|overview]]