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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Don’t listen to the person who has the answers; listen to the person who has the questions.” — Albert Einstein BIRTHDAYS: 480 BC Euripides, Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three authors of Greek tragedy for whom any plays have survived in…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “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 [Fils], German composer, born in Eichstätt, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire. Sinfonia in…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “What on earth would a man do with himself, if something did not stand in his way?” — H. G. Wells BIRTHDAYS: 1698 François Francœur, French violinist, composer, and music director (Paris Opera, 1744-67). violin Sonate g moll, and Rondeau, Sonata VI 1853 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right, evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.” — Booker T. Washington BIRTHDAYS: 1653 Benedict Schultheiss, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire. Courante aus Muth- und Geist-Ermuntrender Clavier-Lust 1819 Théodore Chassériau, French-Dominican…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “…if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of Speech may be taken away, and dumb and silent we may be…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.” — Samuel Johnson BIRTHDAYS: 1587 Francesca Caccini, Italian singer, composer born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Lasciatemi qui solo 1636 Pietro Sanmartini, Italian composer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Sonata Prima in…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “In Europe, you say to your soldier, ‘Do this’ and he does it. But I am obliged to say to the American, ‘This is why you ought to do this,’ and then he does it.” — Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben BIRTHDAYS: 1677 Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist and inventor…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion andbamboozle requires vigilance, dedication and courage.” — Carl Sagan BIRTHDAYS: 1098 Hildegard of Bingen, also known as the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Let us not forget that violence does not and cannot exist by itself; it is invariably intertwined with the lie. They are linked in the most intimate, most organic and profound fashion: violence cannot conceal itself behind anything except lies, and lies have nothing to maintain them save violence. Anyone who…

THOUGHT FOR 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: 1737 Michael Haydn, Austrian composer. Requiem c-Moll (35:33) 1930 Allan Bloom, American philosopher and author (Closing of the American Mind). MISCELLANEOUS: I’M STILL NOT TIRED…