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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities, and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One’s right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” — Mark Twain BIRTHDAYS: 1550 Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, Italian composer, born in Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio. Amfiparnaso 1642 Johann Christoph Bach, German harpsichordist and composer. Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, and Meine Freundin, du bist schön,…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” — Aristotle BIRTHDAYS: 1666 Francesco Scarlatti, Italian composer. Concerto grosso No. 4 in E Minor 1687 Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer. Concerto Grosso “La Follia” 1848 Edwin Blashfield, American painter. 1869 Ellis…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “I have never understood why it is “greed” to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money.” — Thomas Sowell BIRTHDAYS: 1660 Andre Campra, French composer. Marche du triomphe from Tancrède. Tanz aus Hesione Aimable vainqueur. and L’Allemande, and Le Carnaval…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.” — Walter E. Williams BIRTHDAYS: 1616 John Wallis, English clergyman and mathematician, who is given partial credit for the development of…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.” — Ambrose Bierce BIRTHDAYS: 1578 Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer. Jubilate Deo, and Stabat Mater 1738 Richard Montgomery, Irish-born American military officer who first served in the British Army. 1760 Joseph Graetz, German…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.” — Ayn Rand BIRTHDAYS: 538 Gregory of Tours, Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours during the Merovingian period and is known as the “father of French history” 1645 Andreas Werkmeister, German organist, musical theorist, and Baroque composer, born in Benneckenstein, Electorate…