Emile Chartier Quote – The Only One You Have
“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it’s the only one you have.” – Emile Chartier
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Poem – Homelanding (By Yuan Changming)
Homelanding Having nothing better to do, I kill Time by looking at a traditional Chinese painting on my iPad Much enlarged, it appears like A plain sheet of rice paper Smeared with ink. I view it In the presence of bonsai; I Drop several thick strokes to the floor Of history, leaving a few fine lines […]
Read moreJohn Stuart Mill Quote – Belief
“One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests.” – John Stuart Mill
Read moreDwight D. Eisenhower Quote – The Tracks of History
“Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Read moreLife abounds under Antarctic ice
Despite no exposure to sunlight or fresh air for more than a million years, a lake located half a mile beneath the Antarctic ice sheet sustains an entire ecosystem, scientists have confirmed—raising the prospect that life might exist in similar environments elsewhere in the universe. Researchers had long suspected the existence of tiny life-forms living below the ice pack, and […]
Read moreThomas Merton Quote – Mental And Emotional Rubbish
“The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds and makes all political and social life a mass illness. Without this housecleaning we cannot begin to see. Unless we can see, we cannot think.” – Thomas Merton
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The History of Antarctic Exploration
Alcohol Consumption By Britons
Percentage change in the per-capita consumption of alcohol by Britons since 1960: +102
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