THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Culture . . . seeks to do away with classes; to make the best that has been thought and known in the world current everywhere; to make all men live in an atmosphere of sweetness and light…”

— Matthew Arnold

BIRTHDAYS:

1564 Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter, cartoonist, printmaker, and engraver.

1625 Johann Rudolph Ahle, German organist, composer, and music theorist, born in Mühlhausen, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. Gehe aus auf die Landstrasse

1679 Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian composer, born in Trani, Kingdom of Naples. Concerto in la minore per flauto, 2vl, vla, e b.c

1810 Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator.

1818 James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer renowned for his pioneering experiments demonstrating the interconvertibility of mechanical work and heat, thereby laying foundational principles for the law of conservation of energy and the first law of thermodynamics.

1822 Matthew Arnold, English poet, literary critic, and cultural commentator who advanced ideas on the role of culture in society amid Victorian-era industrialization and doubt.

1905 Howard Hughes, American business magnate, aviator, aerospace engineer, and film producer.

1927 Mary Higgins Clark, American suspense novelist.

MISCELLANEOUS:

NOW THERE’S COMPETITION. NASA’s Apollo 8 moonshot saved 1968. Could Artemis 2 do the same in 2026?

REMINDER:

In the future, before locking things down again (including free speech and the freedom to assemble), the authorities might want to reacquaint themselves with the following:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration