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Category Archives: Thought For the Day
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Pierre Corneille – Polyeucte
Following along with this tutorial, it’s time for a further reading of Polyeucte by Pierre Corneille. Aloha Promises Forever has already discussed this play and the life and legacy of Corneille elsewhere. But, remaining faithful to the tutorial and for the … Continue reading
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Tagged French Drama, Harvard Classics, Opera, Pierre Corneille, Playwright, Polyeucte
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Thought For the Day: Liberty Is the Hardest Test
“Liberty is the hardest test that one can inflict on a people. To know how to be free is not given equally to all men and all nations.” – Paul Valéry (1871-1945) A nice poem of his: http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/valery.html … Continue reading
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Tagged Freedom, Government, Inclinations, Liberty, Paul Valery, Test, Thought For the Day
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Sonic Gems: Bauhaus – In the Flat Field
Formed in North Hampton, England Bauhaus was one English post-punk band largely considered one of the first gothic rock groups. Consisting of Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins and David J, the band was known for its dark image and … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Hans Christian Andersen – The Nightingale
Born on April 2, 1805, Hans Christian Andersen was a prolific writer of plays travelogues, novels, poems and unquestionably most famous of all for his fairy tales. Though he passed away on August 4, 1875, his tales and popularity have … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Human Doings Are Messy
“The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.” – John Galsworthy, author, Nobel Laureate (1867-1933)
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Tagged Beginning, Ending, Human, Humanity, John Galsworthy, Messy, Thought For the Day, Undertakings, Untidy
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Sonic Gems: Air – Air Lore
Founded in 1971, Air was a Chicago based free jazz trio founded in 1971. It’s founding members include Henry Threadgill on sax, Fred Hopkins on double bass and Steve McCall on drums. This unique combo blended radical free improvisation with … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Air Lore, Free Jazz, Improvisation, Jelly Roll Morton, Scott Joplin, Sonic Gems, Threadgill, Trio
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Keats – Eve of St Agnes
Born on October 31, 1795, the English Romantic poet, John Keats, was among the main poets of the Romantic Era. Initially, during his lifetime his poetry was not well received among critics. But, by the end of the 19th century, … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard Classics, John Keats, Martyr, Patron Saint, Poetry, Romantic Era, Rome, Spenser, St Agnes, The Eve of St Agnes, Virgins
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Thought For the Day: Those Who Build Must Also Maintain
“Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007)
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Poe – The Poetic Principle
Aloha Promises Forever has previously discussed the life and legacy of Edgar Allan Poe. Please refer to these posts for further background. For now, suffice it to say that Poe was born on January 19, 1809. He passed away on … Continue reading
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Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, Essay, Harvard Classics, Literary Criticism, Poetry, The Poetic Principle
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Thought For the Day: Wisdom Goes Beyond Mere Recitation of Memorized Words
We are students of words; we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a … Continue reading
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Tagged Memorization, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Recitation, Rote, Students, Thinking, Thought For the Day, Wisdom
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