December 16, 2023

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“Language most shows a man; speak that I may see thee”

― Ben Jonson

BIRTHDAYS:

1770 Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer and pianist. “Widely regarded as the greatest composer who ever lived, Ludwig van Beethoven dominates a period of musical history as no one else before or since.” 9th Symphony (1:21)

1775 Jane Austen, English novelist.

1863 George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher, poet and humanist.

1865 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor.

1882 Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer and ethno-musicologist. Dances of Galánta

1899 Noël Coward, English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance.

1905 Piet Hein, Dutch poet and inventor.

1917 Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist,[3] inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.

1928 Philip K. Dick, American sci-fi author

MISCELLANY:

FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

Yes, the following is on the website for the Bulgarian Association for Pathology (BPAP). As near as I can tell, the Canadian website was taken down.

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

RELATED. Nuremberg Code

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