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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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September 23, 2023
“Governments never learn; only people learn.” ― Milton Friedman BIRTHDAYS: 480 BC Euripides, Greek Playwright 1591 Michael Lohr, German composer. “Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein” 1642 Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian composer and violinist. Per la gloria 1768 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician. 1861 Robert Bosch, German engineer, inventor (automotive ignition device), and industrialist MISCELLANY: NOTHING TO SEE…
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September 22, 2023
“It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.” ― Michael Faraday BIRTHDAYS: 1733 Anton Filtz, German composer. Trio in sol maggiore (allegro moderato, tempo di minuetto) 1767 José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian classical…
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September 21, 2023
“We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us grow. With out them we grow weak like the Eloi in comfort and security. We need to constantly be challenging ourselves in order to strengthen our character and increase our intelligence.” ― H.G. Wells BIRTHDAYS: 1706 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, German composer.…
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September 20, 2023
“People think of education as something they can finish.” ― Isaac Asimov BIRTHDAYS: 1593 Gottfried Scheidt, German composer and organist. Bergamasca, and Galliarda la Battaglia, and Variations on a Gagliarda by John Dowland MISCELLANY: DOES ANYONE APOLOGIZE FOR ANYTHING? No One Apologizes for the Theft of Time “NEVER ATTRIBUTE TO MALICE THAT WHICH IS ADEQUATELY…
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September 19, 2023
“I don’t want to believe. I want to know.” ― Carl Sagan BIRTHDAYS: 1749 Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician, astronomer, historian of astronomy, and geodesist 1806 William Dyce, Scottish painter and educator. 1922 Damon Francis Knight, American sci-fi author 1932 Mike Royko, American journalist (Chicago Daily News) and author MISCELLANY: DON’T WORRY – YOU’LL…
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