THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“A science only advances with certainty, when the plan of inquiry and the object of our researches have been clearly defined; otherwise a small number of truths are loosely laid hold of, without their connexion being perceived, and numerous errors, without being enabled to detect their fallacy.”

— Jean-Baptiste Say

BIRTHDAYS:

1596 Henry Lawes, English composer. Ariadne’s Lament (Fragmento)

1667 Antonio Lotti, Italian Baroque composer, born in Venice, Republic of Venice. Crucifixus, and Miserere Mei, and Credo in F

1679 Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States. Toccata in A minor

1729 Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, Dutch cartoonist and painter.

1769 Jean Baptiste Say, a prominent French classical economist, businessman, and liberal thinker, widely regarded as a key figure in spreading and developing Adam Smith’s ideas in continental Europe. He advocated for free trade, competition, and minimal government restraints on business.

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION STARGAZERS. Night sky tonight: See a pair of stellar triangles shine with the Milky Way

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