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November 26, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “So much of science proceeds by telling stories.” — Stephen J. Gould BIRTHDAYS: 1640 Carl Rosier, Dutch baroque composer, born in Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire. Sonata I in C 1795 Carl Philipp Fohr, German painter and cartoonist 1876 Willis Carrier, American mechanical engineer and inventor best known for developing…
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November 25, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.” — Lewis Thomas BIRTHDAYS: 1814 Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (first law of thermodynamics). 1835 Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born American industrialist and…
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November 24, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Integrity is self-coherence. The word derives from the Latin root integer, which means “intact.” Integrity, as its etymology suggests, describes inner sturdiness, or wholeness of self.” — Alexandra Hudson BIRTHDAYS: 1690 Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German-American composer (son of Johann Pachelbel), one of the first European composers to emigrate to America. Magnificat…
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November 23, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.” — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn BIRTHDAYS: 1803 Theodore Dwight Weld, one of the architects of the American abolitionist movement during its formative years from 1830 to 1844, playing a…
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November 22, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the…
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November 21, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.” — Voltaire BIRTHDAYS: 1683 Johann Michael Müller, German organist and composer, born in Schmalkalden, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Holy Roman Empire. Sonata no. 4 in F Major for Oboe solo, two Oboes, Taille and Bassoon, op. 1 1694 Voltaire,…
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November 20, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Miners operating among the asteroids will be unable to produce most of their necessary supplies locally. There will thus be a need to import food and other necessary goods either from Earth or Mars.” — Robert Zubrin BIRTHDAYS: 1652 Romanus Weichlein, Austrian composer. Sonata 1 in C-major 1889 Edwin Hubble, American…
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November 19, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn’t have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don’t have a space program, it’ll serve us right!” — Larry Niven BIRTHDAYS: 1607 Erasmus Quellinus II, Flemish painter and etcher. 1617 Eustache Le Sueur, French painter. 1770 Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (Dying…
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November 18, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.” — Carl Sagan BIRTHDAYS: 1527 Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter and sculptor, born in Moneglia, Republic of Genoa. 1584 Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish…
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November 17, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” — Eric Hoffer BIRTHDAYS: 1503 Il Bronzino, Italian Florentine painter in Mannerist style (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son), born in Florence. 1690 Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French Baroque painter and cartoonist 1752 Nicolas Appert, French inventor of airtight…
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