the original linebreaks _should_ be preserved.

because some people _want_ them.

and those original linebreaks _should_ be easy
to remove as well.

because some people _want_ to remove them.

what nobody wants -- not really -- is a set of
_new_ linebreaks, which have no legacy import.

but even those are bearable, _if_ they can be
easily removed.

and let us recall, again, that project gutenberg
has _not_ made available a web-service which
people can utilize to unwrap p.g. e-texts...

_i_ have created such a web-service.

but project gutenberg has not.

which is a minor failing.

(i'd be happy to provide my code, if you want it.)

and let us recall, again, that project gutenberg
does _not_ ensure that every one of its e-texts is
structured so that it can be unwrapped properly.

this one is a _major_ failing.

these are the two things that project gutenberg
must do if it wants to proclaim that it has done
all that it can to make its linebreaks a non-issue.

-bowerbird