THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

”To make a contented slave, you must make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate his power of reason. He must be able to detect no inconsistencies in slavery. The man that takes his earnings, must be able to convince him that he has a perfect right to do so. It must not depend upon mere force; the slave must know no Higher Law than his master’s will. The whole relationship must not only demonstrate, to his mind, its necessity, but its absolute rightfulness.”

― Frederick Douglass

BIRTHDAYS:

1510 Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish blind organist and composer. Diferencias sobre el canto del caballero, and Juan de la Rubia: Pavana con su glosa, and Por un plaisir, and Magnificat

1687 Johann Balthasar Freisslich, German organist, composer, and Kapellmeister. Passio Christi Arie: Heul, du Schaum der Menschenkinder!

1697 John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor.

1746 Francisco Goya, Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.

1811 Robert Bunsen, German chemist.

1820 Anna Sewell, English author (Black Beauty)

1853 Vincent van Gogh, Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.

1926 Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish billionaire business magnate best known for founding IKEA, a multinational retail company specialising in furniture.

1970 Secretariat, widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all time.

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REMEMBER:

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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

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