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Category Archives: Thought For the Day
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Arabian Nights – The Introduction
We have previously discussed the Arabian Nights in detail on several past posts. Today, one of the best tutorials out there marks this to be a day to revisit this material beginning with the introduction. If you wish further background, … Continue reading
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Tagged Fairy Tales, Harvard Classics, Legends, Morality, The Arabian Nights
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Thought of the Day: There Is An Ask and Tell of Life
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” – Zora Neale Hurston, folklorist and writer (7 Jan 1891-1960) A small biography of Zora Thurston is found here: http://www.howard.edu/library/reference/guides/hurston/
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Tagged Answers, Life, Questions, Thought of the Day, Years, Zora Neale Hurston
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Thought For the Day: Seek Not Just For Tradition But For Truth
“Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought.” – Matsuo Basho, poet (1644-1694) An extremely interesting look at Basho’s last days that combines prose and Haiku is found here: http://simplyhaiku.com/SHv4n3/features/Nobuyuki.html … Continue reading
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Tagged Find, Footsteps, Haiku, Matsuo Basho, Path, Seek, Thought For the Day, Truth
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Sonic Gems: The O’Jays – Back Stabbers
In 1958, the American R&B group The O’Jays formed in Canton, Ohio. The band consisted of Eddie Levert, Walter Williams, William Powell, Bobby Massey and Bill Isles. They made their first chart appearance with Lonely Drifter in 1963. It wasn’t until … Continue reading
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Tagged Back Stabbers, Lonely Drifter, Love Train, Philadelphia Sound, Sonic Gems, Soul, The O'Jays
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Byron and Goethe – Giuseppe Mazzini
The Italian activist and journalist Giuseppe Mazzini was born on June 22, 1805. Before his death on March 10, 1872, he spearhead the Italian revolutionary movement. In so doing, he helped bring about an independent and united Italy in place … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryon and Goethe, Europeanism, Harvard Classics, Italy, Mazzini, Nationalism, Political Theory, Republicanism
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Thought For the Day: Human Need Is A Spiritual Vacuum Filled By God
“Human need is really a great spiritual vacuum which God seeks to fill…With one hand in the hand of a fellow man in need and the other in the hand of Christ, He could get across the vacuum…Then the passage, … Continue reading
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Tagged George Washington Carver, God, God Shaped, Hands, Human Need, Jeus Christ, Makind, Meaning, Spirtual Vacuum, Thought For the Day
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Sonic Gems: Ricky Nelson – Greatest Hits
Actor, Rock musician and singer-songwriter Eric Hilliard Nelson was born on May 8, 1940 and passed away on December 31, 1985. In the 1950s, he starred along with his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Fisherman and His Wife – Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who collected folklore in the 19th century. These are the popularizers of such tales as Cinderella, The Frog Prince, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: The Wit and Wisdom Found In Writing Is As Much Ours
“There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.” – Pierre Bayle, philosopher and writer (1647-1706) This super-skeptic found that in … Continue reading
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Tagged Application, Author, Philosophy, Pierre Bayle, Reader, Thought, Toleration, Wisdom, Wit
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Sonic Gems: Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton
John Mayall and the Blues Breakers was an English Blues Rock band led by multi-instrumentalist John Mayall. The band became famous as an incubator for British rock and blues musicians. Among those who enjoyed a tenure with this band are … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues Breakers, Blues Rock, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Sonic Gems
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