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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.” ― Aristotle BIRTHDAYS: 1682…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”The most urgent necessity is, not that the State should teach, but that it should allow education. All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of all is the monopoly of education.” ― Frederic Bastiat BIRTHDAYS: 1755 Albert Christoph Dies, German painter, engraver and biographer of Josef Haydn. 1800 William Henry Fox…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero BIRTHDAYS: 1770 Ferdinando Carulli, Italian classical guitar composer.…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.” ― Thomas More BIRTHDAYS: 1577 Robert Burton, British writer and Anglican clergyman (The Anatomy of Melancholy) 1586 Jacob Praetorius, German Baroque organist, composer, and pedagogue. Herr Gott, dich loben wir [Te Deum] 1612 Samuel…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”Follow your heart but take your brain with you.” ― Alfred Adler BIRTHDAYS: 1478 Thomas More, Philosopher, Renaissance Humanist and Statesman 1804 John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company, one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction-equipment manufacturers in the world. 1812 Charles Dickens, English writer,…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”National Socialism did not make men unfree; unfreedom made men National Socialists.” ― Milton Mayer BIRTHDAYS: 1695 André Chéron, French composer and organist and harpsichordist. Passacaille, and Sonata in g-minor 1802 Charles Wheatstone, English scientist MISCELLANY: MONOPOLIES MUST BE GOOD, OTHERWISE WE WOULDN’T KEEP PAYING MORE AND MORE FOR THEM. PGE…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”Here is a truth that most teachers will not tell you, even if they know it: Good training is a continual friend and a solace; it helps you now, and assures you of help in the future. Good education is a continual pain in the neck, and assures you always of…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it, and by the same token save it from that ruin which except for renewal, except for the coming of the new and the young, would be inevitable. And education, too, is where…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”Anyone who believes climate change could kill billions of people and cause civilizations to collapse might be surprised to discover that none of the IPCC reports contain a single apocalyptic scenario. Nowhere.” ― Michael Shellenberger BIRTHDAYS: 1525 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer. Alma redemptoris mater, and Sicut Cervus 1809 Felix…