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”Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export…. Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains…

”Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.” — Carl Sagan BIRTHDAYS: 1605 Giacomo Carissimi, Italian organist, choral director, composer (Jephta), and priest, baptized in Marino, Papal States. Plorate Filii Israel, and Così volete, così sarà 1819 Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), born in Spalato,…

”The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” — J.P. Morgan BIRTHDAYS: 1587 Ivan Lukačić, Croatian composer. Panis angelicus 1683 Johann David Heinichen, German Baroque composer and music theorist, born in Krössuln, Electorate of Saxony. Violin concerto in D major Seibel 224 1837 J.…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Gentlemen, you are about to embark on a course of studies which will occupyyou for two years. Together, they form a noble adventure. But I would like toremind you of an important point. Nothing that you will learn in the course ofyour studies will be of the slightest possible use to…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” — Leonardo da Vinci BIRTHDAYS: 1452 Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “The world is my country, science is my religion.” — Christiaan Huygens BIRTHDAYS: 1629 Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in the Scientific Revolution. 1638 Diogo Dias Melgás, Portuguese composer of sacred polyphonic music. Adoratio Crucis 1718 Emanuele Barbella, Neapolitan composer,…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” — Henry David Thoreau BIRTHDAYS: 1743 Thomas Jefferson, American Founding Father and the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.[6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. 1769 Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.” — Eric Hoffer BIRTHDAYS: 1661 Antoine Coypel, French painter and poet. 1681 Anne Danican Philidor, French composer. Sonate pour flûte à bec MISCELLANEOUS: ATTENTION ADULT CALIFORNIANS. Policies, not…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.” — Eric Hoffer BIRTHDAYS: 1661 Antoine Coypel, French painter and poet. 1681 Anne Danican Philidor, French composer. Sonate pour flûte à bec 1682 Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer. Rondeau…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.” — Charles Baudelaire BIRTHDAYS: 1707 Michael Corrette, French organist (Church of Sainte-Marie du Temple -Paris, 1737-91), composer, and educator. Sonata n°1 Op.20 MISCELLANEOUS: ATTENTION COLONISTS. Jared Isaacman Future NASA…