We will not consider the possibility of the beginning of things or attempt to define the totality of space, but we will in imagination clear a certain part of space and then set certain possibilities at work. Joseph Norman Lockyer, “The History of a Star,” 1889.
There is one and only one social responsibility in business: to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits. Milton Friedman.
Though she might startle at the question ‘what is the price of pigs? she knows what the price should be?’
I am iron now—and my life is altered into one of action, not of sentiment—Ambition is not my idol, but my plaything. Lady Charlotte Guest, Journal (entry for April 12, 1836).
In my case, it was a great gift, like St. Paul, I "was born free", and saved the pain of reaching it through years of struggle and doubt. Clara Barton, 1905, in a letter explaining her belief in universal salvation.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,
>From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember’d;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers . . . Henry V, at Agincourt, in the Shakespeare play.
I have haunted the river every night lately, where I could get a look at the bridge by moonlight. It is indeed a structure of perfection and beauty unsurpassable, and I never tire of it. Walt Whitman, 1879.
We should be ashamed to stand on ground won by women in the past without making an effort to honor them by winning a higher and wider field for the future. Sue Shelton White.
The sturdy independent character of the British Home is being lost in a welter of Control which the State does so badly and which the Mother, given the tools and opportunity, does so well. Mrs. Irene Lovelock, 1946.
For distinguished devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. While at the side of his Captain on the bridge, Miller, despite enemy strafing and bombing and in the face of a serious fire, assisted in moving his Captain, who had been mortally wounded, to a place of greater safety, and later manned and operated a machine gun directed at enemy Japanese attacking aircraft until ordered to leave the bridge. Navy Cross Citation for Messman 2nd Class Dorie Miller.
drachma: noun. Before the Euro (€), the ‘drachma’ was the basic unit of modern Greek currency. The word itself is of very ancient (1st millennium, BCE) Cretan origin, a verb meaning ‘to grasp’ or, as a noun, ‘handful.’
The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate. Paul R. Ehrlich, The Population Bomb (1968).
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. I Corinthians, 14:34-35 (KJV).
The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I don't want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny – Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear. Senator Margaret Chase Smith (R-Maine), June 1, 1950.
We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice. The Rev’d Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking at the National Cathedral, March 1968.
Stanley wrote: ↑07 Jun 2024, 12:34
Living in the city, I wrote differently than I would have if I had been raised in Topeka, KS
I've had a "thing" about this for a while now. I've seen it rather pompously described as "psychogeography".
I think about it when I see the thousands of new properties being built at the moment around Cambridge. They are ugly and many have flat roofs. From a distance it resembles Cairo.
I think the environment must inevitably eventually have an effect on the mental health of the residents, and we are heading for problems. This is the kind of thing I'm talking about.
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I thought this song was from Pete Seeger, but it was written by one Malvina Reynolds. Quite poetic that the 'ticky tacky boxes' are proudly being built in Cambridge. Did the architect have good sense of humour - and irony?
Isn't the Interwebthingy wonderful?. . . .
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I believe you are right David to suspect that our built environment influences our development.
When Susi was driving me up the Camino Reale on my first visit to California she pointed out this development on the hillside and told me it was the houses built of Ticky Tacky in the song.
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!