Tag: books
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July 11, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Karl Marx was right, socialism works, it is just that he had the wrong species.” — Edward O. Wilson BIRTHDAYS: 1810 Eugène Simonis, Belgian sculptor. 1811 William Robert Grove, Welsh physicist and inventor (first fuel cell). 1834 James McNeill Whistler, American-British painter 1836 Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian opera composer. Overture to…
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July 10, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “There is in the garden a plant which one ought to leave dry, although most people water it. It is the weed called Envy.” — Cosimo de’ Medici BIRTHDAYS: 1830 Camille Pissarro, Danish Antillean-French Impressionist painter. 1856 Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor (developed alternating current, Tesla coil). 1874…
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July 9, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget…
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July 8, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “This is why a youth is not a suitable student of political science; for he lacks experience of the actions in life, which are the subject and premises of our arguments.” — Aristotle BIRTHDAYS: 1593 Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian Baroque painter (most famous female painter of the 17th century). 1838 Eli Lilly,…
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July 7, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “If you would not like to be a slave, make sure no one is your slave… Do not afflict others with anything that you yourself would not wish to suffer.” — Epictetus BIRTHDAYS: 1569 Giovanni Francesco Anerio, Italian composer, choirmaster, and oratorio pioneer. O salutaris hostia 1690 Johann Tobias Krebs, German…
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July 6, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “For me, art, and especially music, exist to elevate us as far as possible above everyday existence.” — Gabriel Faure BIRTHDAYS: 1638 Gerrit Berckheyde, Dutch painter. 1678 Nicola Francesco Haym, Italian composer. Sonata n 1 in do minore 1755 John Flaxman, English Neoclassical sculptor. MISCELLANEOUS: WILL FEDEX WILL BE THEIR FIRST…
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July 5, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” — Frederick Douglass BIRTHDAYS: 1654 Antonio Maria Pacchioni, Baroque composer. Dixit Dominus 1867 A. E. Douglass, American astronomer and inventor dendrochronology/tree-ring dating. 1889 Jean Cocteau, French poet, painter, and filmmaker. 1958 William “Bill” Watterson, American cartoonist and author (Calvin…
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July 4, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “I am for doing good to the poor, but…I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed…that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves,…
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July 3, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” — Franz Kafka BIRTHDAYS: 1643 Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist and composer, born in Bologna, Papal States. Sinfonia a 3 in d minor 1854: Leoš Janáček, Czech composer. Glagolitic Mass…
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July 2, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “It is usually not recognized that for every injurious or parasitic microbe there are dozens of beneficial ones. Without the latter, there would be no bread to eat nor wine to drink, no fertile soils and no potable waters, no clothing and no sanitation. One can visualize no form of higher…
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