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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.” — Adam Smith, The Theory Of Moral Sentiments BIRTHDAYS:…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”There are two methods, or means, and only two, whereby man’s needs and desires can be satisfied. One is the production and exchange of wealth; this is the economic means. The other is the uncompensated appropriation of wealth produced by others; this is the political means.” — Albert Jay Nock BIRTHDAYS:…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”Property, not conscience, is the basis of liberty. For the defence of conscience need not arise. Property is always exposed to interference. It is the constant object of policy.” — Lord Acton BIRTHDAYS: 1730 Antonio Sacchini, Italian opera composer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Sinfonia in re 1736 Charles-Augustin…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” — C.S. Lewis BIRTHDAYS: 1592 Tobias Michael, German composer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. In Angst und Not, and ‘Fürchte Dich nicht’ 1773…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”Science is supposed to be challenged, questioned, tested, and scrutinized. That’s the entire point. If that is not permissible and basic lines of inquiry are censored or taboo, then it’s not science, but secular dogma.” — Zuby BIRTHDAYS: 1468 Juan del Encina, Spanish author and composer. Una Sañosa Porfía, and Triste…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”Neither can his mind be thought to be in tune, whose words do jarre; nor hisreason in frame, whose sentence is preposterous.” — Ben Jonson BIRTHDAYS: 1572 Ben Jonson, English playwright, poet and actor. 1672 Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and amateur composer, born in Padua, Republic of Venice. Serenata in…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “In reaction against the age-old slogan, “woman is the weaker vessel,” or the still more offensive, “woman is a divine creature,” we have, I think, allowed ourselves to drift into asserting that “a woman is as good as a man,” without always pausing to think what exactly we mean by that.…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.” — Epicurus BIRTHDAYS: 1588 Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and Baroque music theorist, baptized in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire. “Gott hat unter uns aufgerichtet” 1597…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson BIRTHDAYS: 1625 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer and engineer who discovered four of Saturn’s moons, born in Perinaldo, Republic of Genova 1810 Robert Schumann, German composer, pianist, and…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.” — Peter Drucker BIRTHDAYS:1846 Władysław Górski, Polish violinist, composer and teacher. Mazurek Op. 2 nr 1 for violin and piano 1848 Paul Gauguin, French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work…