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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains. He was enslaved by his birth, by his kin, by his race. But he broke their chains. He declared to all his brothers that a man…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Those who tell the stories rule society.” — Plato BIRTHDAYS: 1702 Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer, born in Jettingen-Scheppach, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire. Prelude, and Toccata in g 1845 Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays. MISCELLANEOUS: I WAS…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “We are like books. Most people only see our cover, the minority read only the introduction, many people believe the critics. Few will know our content.” — Émile Zola BIRTHDAYS: 1671 Giacomo Cesare Predieri, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Papal States. Pace Una Volta 1859 A. E. Housman, English poet.…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.” — Buddha BIRTHDAYS: 1653 Joseph Sauveur, French mathematician, physicist and sound engineer who coined the name acoustics. 1699 Johann Adolph Hasse, German operatic…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “What are you to do with the people who are cursed with both hearts and brains?” — Dorothy L. Sayers BIRTHDAYS: 1681 Georg Philipp Telemann, German late Baroque composer, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Magdeburg, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire. Ouverture – Suite “La Lyra” TWV 55 Es3, and Sonata I…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin BIRTHDAYS: 1599 Thomas Selle, German baroque composer, born in Zörbig, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. Dancket dem Herren 1749 Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace, French polymath, a scholar whose work has been…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.” — Andrew Carnegie BIRTHDAYS: 1599 Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England), born in Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands. 1700 Giuseppe Sellitto, Italian opera composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples. PRESTO (III…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Nothing is good for man except what makes him just and temperate, brave and free.” — Marcus Aurelius BIRTHDAYS: 1624 François Roberday, French Baroque organist and composer. Fugue 6e 1768 Joseph Fourier, French mathematician (mathematical theory of heat conduction) and Egyptologist. 1839 Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer, one of the group known…

THOUGHT OF 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 OF THE DAY: “A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.” — Alexander Pope BIRTHDAYS: 1589 William Bradford, English Puritan Separatist originally from the West Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England.…