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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word,preserves contact – it is silence which isolates.” ― Thomas Mann BIRTHDAYS: 1625 Artus Quellinus II, Flemish sculptor 1652 Romanus Weichlein, Austrian composer. Sonata III en la menor 1838 William Painter, American inventor 1839 Christian Wilberg, German painter 1889 Edwin Hubble, American…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.” ― Voltaire BIRTHDAYS: 1607 Erasmus Quellinus II, Flemish painter and etcher. 1617 Eustache Le Sueur, French painter1846 Emile Wauters, Belgian painter 1709 Pierre Leclair, French composer and violinist. Violin Concertto in D Minor, Op. 7, no. 1 (14:07)…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “The institution of taxation is not a civilized but a barbaric method to fund anything … it amounts to … a gross violation of human liberty.” ― Tibor R. Machan BIRTHDAYS: 1527 Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter and sculptor 1584 Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter 1680 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, Flemish composer. Trio sonata…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “It could be that the climate alarmists have answers to rebut these critics and their data, but if so, they are not showing it. Rather than engaging in scientific debate, they have evaded it, choosing instead to try to stop dissenting publications and cut off the funding of their opponents. That…

THOUGHT OF 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: 1715 Girolamo Abos, Maltese composer. Pelopide 1717 Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d’Alembert,  French…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero BIRTHDAYS: 1604 Davis Mell, British violinist, composer, and clockmaker. “John Come Kiss Me Now” 1696 Gerhardus Havingha, Dutch organist and composer. Ouverture for Harpsichord 1705 Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Somehow, people always forget that it’s much easier to install a dictator than to remove one.” ― Garry Kasparov BIRTHDAYS: 1663 Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, German musician and composer. Praeludium et Fugue in G LV58 1765 Robert Fulton, American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the world’s first commercially…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.” ― Ayaan Hirsi Ali BIRTHDAYS: 1699 Jan Zach, Czech violinist, organist, and composer. Preludio in do minore 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. 1969 Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch author MISCELLANY: NOT SCIENCE FICTION. Breakthrough Thermoacoustic Stirling Generator Converts to Energy With…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” ― Peter Drucker BIRTHDAYS: 1493 Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor 1833 Alexander Borodin, Russian chemist and composer. Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances 1840 Auguste Rodin, French sculptor 1962 Naomi Wolf, American author and feminist MISCELLANY: I DID A DOUBLE TAKE WHEN I…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don’t bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs…