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A Dentist and a Misfit
Meet Horace Wells, a fine young Aquarian dentist (we share a birthday). The studious and altruistic Wells volunteered (at a circus) to test the effects of nitrous oxide. He felt positively nothing and was the first patient in America to be operated under ether. Shortly thereafter he began using the stuff on his happy patients,…
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QUOTE: “There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” Wendell Berry
LINK: 12 WENDELL BERRY QUOTES THAT WILL GIVE YOU A FRESH PERSPECTIVE
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Taken Prisoner
A Confederate officer stood alone at a crossroad goading his horse to move on in the aftermath of the Union retreat at BULL RUN. Sensing danger he glanced over his shoulder. A Yankee raced over the field tramping the freshly cut hay. As the Yankee drew closer he struggled to pull something from behind his…
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” Mark Twain
“All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.” Paul Fussell **A question: Does anyone know who this painting…
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“I think the answer to bad speech is different speech. The answer to bad speech is not shutting down speech.” Larry Summers
“I worry very much that if our leading academic institutions become places that prize comfort over truth—that prize the pursuit of mutual understanding over the pursuit of better and more accurate understanding—then a great deal will be lost.” Larry Summers [Weekly Standard interview] WATCH INTERVIEW WITH FORMER HARVARD PRESIDENT LARRY SUMMERS ON THE STATE OF…
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Misanthropy and Why I’m Done with It
Have any of you suffered through a three week flu? It’s awful, isn’t it? But there is a bright side. Everything I do is in slow motion so I’ve actually spent more time with my humans and animals–especially my animals who love sick naps. Today I was amused to find that growing lettuce, eggplant or…
Author Adrienne Morris 