For years I have been dipping into this priceless archive (or at least its English language subset; is there a great Dutch-English translator out there who would do the world the incalculable favor of translating the rest?) and I have yet to scratch the surface of its treasures. But I continue to follow the trail; the archive is redolent of the spoor of Dijkstra’s intellectual evolution, the physical evidence of a great mind thinking aloud.

redolent (adj) 1: serving to bring to mind [syn: evocative, remindful, reminiscent] 2: (used with of or with) noticeably odorous [syn: smelling] 3: having a strong distinctive fragrance [syn: aromatic] – source: The Salon: GOTO considered joyful