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October 3, 2023
“What makes a freethinker is not his beliefs but the way in which he holds them. If he holds them because his elders told him they were true when he was young, or if he holds them because if he did not he would be unhappy, his thought is not free; but if he holds…
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October 2, 2023
“Of all the virtues we can learn no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challenge.” ― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi BIRTHDAYS: 1817 Gunnar Wennerberg, Swedish poet and composer. Gör portarna höga 1890 Groucho Marx, Third-born of the…
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October 1, 2023
“The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky BIRTHDAYS: 1865 Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. l’Apprenti sorcier 1881 William Boeing, American aviation pioneer who founded The Boeing Company MISCELLANY: A DIFFERENT TAKE. Why Did People Comply? FOCUSED PROTECTION: The…
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September 30, 2023
“Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.” ― Elie Wiesel BIRTHDAYS: 1207 Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian mystic and poet 1622 Johann Sebastiani, German composer. O Welt, ich muss dich lassen 1685 Gunther Jacob, Bohemian composer and choirmaster. Domine Deus, and Missa Adventualis 1882 Hans…
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September 29, 2023
“There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery.” ― Enrico Fermi BIRTHDAYS: 1547 Miguel de Cervantes, Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language. 1640 Antoine Coyzevox, French…
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September 28, 2023
“If things far away don’t concern you, you’ll soon mourn things close at hand.” ― Confucius BIRTHDAYS: 551 Confucius, Philosopher and founder of Confucianism 1571 Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer. Dances from Terpsichore, and Dances from Terpsichore 1823 Alexandre Cabanel, French painter 1925 Seymour Cray, American inventor MISCELLANY: FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration…
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September 27, 2023
“There is in the garden a plant which one ought to leave dry, although most people water it. It is the weed called Envy.” ― Cosimo de’ Medici BIRTHDAYS: 1389 Cosimo de’ Medici, Patron of arts, learning, and architecture. 1722 Samuel Adams, American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. 1840…
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September 26, 2023
“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a…
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September 25, 2023
“All The Woulda-Coulda-ShouldasLayin’ In The Sun,Talkin’ ‘Bout The ThingsThey Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Done…But All Those Woulda-Coulda-ShouldasAll Ran Away And HidFrom One Little Did.” ― Shel Silverstein BIRTHDAYS: 1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer. La Cupis 1765 Michał Ogiński, Polish politician, violinist, balalaika player, and composer. Polonez Ogińskiego 1785 George Pinto, British violin prodigy, keyboard virtuoso, and composer. Grand…
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September 24, 2023
“This is slavery, not to speak one’s thought.” ― Euripides BIRTHDAYS: 1501 Girolamo Cardano, Italian polymath whose interests and proficiencies ranged through those of mathematician, physician, biologist, physicist, chemist, astrologer, astronomer, philosopher, writer, and gambler. 1859 Julius Klengel, German cellist and composer. Hymnus für 12 Celli, op. 57 MISCELLANY: HARSH BUT FAIR. Ten Examples Where…
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