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Category Archives: Thought For the Day
Sonic Gems: Ghazal: Lost Songs of the Silk Road
The Silk Road was an extended matrix of overland trade routes across Eurasia which linked multiple nations including India and Persia/Iran. As these nations brushed against one another, sometimes their cultures and music would form a confluence that was and … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Idea of A University – Newman
John Henry Newman was an Anglican priest, poet and theologian who became a Catholic cardinal. He lived between February 21, 1801 and August 11, 1890 and was an important and controversial figure in English religious history. During his life, he … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Happiness Is In the Mastery of Hardships
“A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.” – Helen Keller Using her own life as an example, Helen Keller, showed the world how to master hardships that knock down so many others. Her … Continue reading
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Tagged Absence, Happiness, Hardships, Helen Keller, Mastery, Overcoming, Thought For the Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Plutarch’s Lives – Demosthenes
Plutarch’s Lives has been previously discussed. The past posts should be reviewed for some background information about this set of biographies. With the respect to Demosthenes, the following may be said. Demosthenes was a Greek statesman and orator of ancient … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander the Great, Athens, Demosthenes, Harvard Classics, Macedon, Oratory, Plutarch, Plutarch's Lives
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Thought For The Day: Stand Your Ground
“Well I know what’s right, I got just one life In a world that keeps on pushin’ me around But I’ll stand my ground And I won’t back down.” – Tom Petty, in I Won’t Back Down R.I.P. Thomas Earl Petty … Continue reading
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Tagged Deliver, One Life, One Love, Stand, The Heartbreakers, Thought For the Day, Tom Petty
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Sonic Gems: Night and Day – Joe Jackson
David Ian Jackson was born on August 11, 1954. He grew up to become an English musician and singer/songwriter… and ohh to resemble Joe Cool aka Snoopy. On recognizing this in the midst of his early musical career, he picked … Continue reading
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Tagged Cole Porter, Dissonance, Jazzy Pop, Joe Jackson, New York City, Night and Day, Sonic Gems, Steppin' Out
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales – Chaucer
The Father of English Literature is widely reputed to be Geoffrey Chaucer. As author, philosopher and poet, he is distinguished enough to be the first poet buried in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey. Of his many works, he is … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Be You
“If I try to be like him, who will be like me?” – Yiddish proverb There’s an open secret in life. If you listen very closely, you can hear it. Be you, says the wind, the rain, the sun and … Continue reading
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Tagged God, Life, Me, Proverb, Thought For the Day, Universal, Yiddish, You
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Sonic Gems: Ile Aiye – Canto Negro
Founded in 1974, the Afro-Brazilian group, Ile Aiye was founded by Antonio Carlos and Apolonio de Jesus in Bahia to raise the consciousness of their local community. Ile Aiyes literally means home life in Yoruba but may also be thought … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – The Voyage of the Beagle – Darwin
In previous posts we have discussed both Darwin himself and the voyage of the Beagle. It will be handy to cross reference these posts to gain a decent background of the material. Today’s post will discuss how the second edition … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Darwin, Evolution, Galapagos, Harvard Classics, Indian Wars, Science, The Voyage of the Beagle
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