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October 23, 2023
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.” ― Elie Wiesel BIRTHDAYS: 1801 (Gustav) Albert Lortzing, German Spieloper composer and actor. http://Welt, du kannst mir nicht gefallen 1942 Michael Crichton, American writer…
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October 22, 2023
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not.” ― Isaiah Berlin BIRTHDAYS: 1811 Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor,…
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October 21, 2023
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls. Story-tellers and poets…
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October 20, 2023
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Freedom of the mind requires not only, or not even specially, the absence of legal constraints but the presence of alternative thoughts. The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities.” ― Allan Bloom BIRTHDAYS: 1632…
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October 19, 2023
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “The more the state “plans” the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.” ― Friedrich A. Hayek BIRTHDAYS: 1931 John le Carré, English novelist MISCELLANY: FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth RELATED. Nuremberg Code Yes, the following is the website…
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October 18, 2023
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “If you place your head in a lion’s mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.” ― Agatha Christie BIRTHDAYS: 1611 Valentin Strobel, German lutenist and composer. Gehema lute book (1650-1660), suite in e, Allmanda (fol. 31v-2), and The Secrets of the Lute Piece n°…
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October 17, 2023
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “I have but one passion: to enlighten those who have been kept in the dark, in the name of humanity which has suffered so much and is entitled to happiness. My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul.” ― Emile Zola BIRTHDAYS: 1577 Cristofano Allori, Italian Mannerist painter.…
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October 16, 2023
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Learning is not child’s play; we cannot learn without pain.” ― Aristotle BIRTHDAYS: 1726 Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter 1758 Noah Webster, Lexicographer 1765 Fédéric-Nicolas Duvernoy, French horn player and composer. Trio no.2 (13:29) 1811 Gaetano Capocci, Italian organist and composer. Allegretto per organo 1821 Albert Franz Doppler, Austrian flautist and composer.…
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October 15, 2023
“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” ― Thomas Paine BIRTHDAYS: 70 Virgil, Roman poet of the Augustan period (Aeneid). 1608 Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (inventor of barometer) 1844 Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher 1881 P. G. Wodehouse, English writer and one of the most widely read…
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October 14, 2023
“In their moral justification, the argument of the lesser evil has played a prominent role. If you are confronted with two evils, the argument runs, it is your duty to opt for the lesser one, whereas it is irresponsible to refuse to choose altogether. Its weakness has always been that those who choose the lesser…
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