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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”If science ceases to be a rebellion against authority, then it does not deserve the talents of our brightest children.” — Freeman Dyson BIRTHDAYS: 1749 Edward Jenner, English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines and created the smallpox vaccine, the world’s first vaccine. 1866 Erik Satie, French composer.…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.” — Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress BIRTHDAYS: 1641 Dudley North, English financier and economist (wrote work advocating for free-trade.…

”He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.” — Confucius BIRTHDAYS: 1565 Henrick de Keyser, Dutch architect and sculptor (master builder of Amsterdam, Zuiderkerk church), born in Utrecht. 1567 Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer and pioneer in development of opera. Sì ch’io vorrei morire, and L`Orfeo (1:36) 1848 Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian…

”The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement. If Eudaimonia, or happiness, is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence; and this will be that of the best thing in…

”There’s only one way to improve society. Present it with a single improved unit: yourself.” — Albert Jay Nock BIRTHDAYS: 1756 Wojciech Żywny, Polish pianist, composer, and Chopin’s first piano teacher. Polonez 1794 Louis Léopold Robert, Swiss painter. 1842 Arthur Sullivan, English composer. He is best known for 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W.…

”The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if…

”Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.” — Richard P. Feynman BIRTHDAYS: 1731 Johann Gottfried Seyfert, German composer and violinist, born in Augsburg, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire. Sinfonia D-Dur 1791 Jan Václav Voříšek, Czech pianist, organist, and composer, born in Vamberk, Kingdom of Bohemia. Sonata quasi una fantasia…

”The public has a distorted view of science because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries.” — Freeman Dyson BIRTHDAYS: 1697 Jean-Marie Leclair l’aîné (Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder), French Baroque violinist and…

”It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.” — Alfred Adler BIRTHDAYS: 1265 Dante Alighieri, Italian poet and author (Dante’s Inferno, Divina Commedia), born in Florence, Republic of Florence. 1810 Louis Gallait, Belgian historical painter. 1829 Ciro Pinsuti, Italian pianist and composer, born in Sinalunga, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.…

”The argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ, but an argument against all exclusive, privileged, monopolistic organization, against the use of coercion to prevent others from doing better.” — Friedrich Hayek BIRTHDAYS: 1703 Gottlob Harrer, German composer, born in Görlitz, Electorate…