Poem of the day
A Prayer
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
LADY, in thy proud eyes
There is a weary look,
As if the spirit we know through them
Were daunted with rebuke
To think that the heart of man henceforth
Is read like a read book.
Lady, in thy lifted face
The solitude is sore;
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
Aeschylus
Comments about poets
DAPEL: Karl Max was not a die-hard communist because he read many books
Charles Darwin was not an evolutionist because of the many books he read.
David Hume was a humanist and atheist not because he read many books.
They were all they were because they were apprehended and...
Edinburgh University Press: You can read Scottish Affair's new featured article, "A Teachable Moment? David Hume and the Tower of Babel" by Jonathan Hearn on our journals website here:
Best Quote: Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.
-David Hume
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hairy anti-waxer (John Bartlett ): Interesting: Saul Eslake demanding an apology from Jane Hume for insinuating his financial advice was based on his own personal interests
Brooklyn Institute: Skepticism, Empiricism, and Enlightenment: an Introduction to David Hume | July BISR Online Courses |
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marco douglass: “Lord, I'm not worthy to eat your flesh, not worthy to drink your blood.”
Italian movie poster for Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece Mean Streets artwork by Averardo Ciriello (1973).
MUBI: An ambitious religious epic from Martin Scorsese—infamously one of the few flops in the director's 50-year career.
quintino zaccardelli: 5 of 5 stars to On the Nature of Things by Lucretius
穆罕默德·伊姆兰: Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.
~ Lucretius
Hes getting his ring back!: hii, just an update, we’ve returned the ring to harry and his team! :)
fee. 14: 5 days to the album and i just want to remind you harry didn’t know olivia before writing the songs
sin ☁️ 4 days: there’s a fine line between harry styles and harry’s house
Scott Knowles: See Donald campaign.
Donald runs for president.
Donald wins elections.
Donald wins presidency.
Congress steals election.
Friends help Donald.
Friends protest Congress.
Friends fight for justice.
Friends say Congress evil.
Donald supports friends.
Donald thanks friends.
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Adnan Limen (Maximus): Joyce Vance, former U.S. attorney, talks about the Department of Justice investigating Donald Trump's handling of classified material when he moved boxes of documents from the White House to Mar-a-Lago after losing the 2020 election.
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Births on this day in history
- 05/16/1929 - Adrienne Rich - American poet
- 05/16/1910 - Olga Bergholz - Russian poet and author (d. 1975)
- 05/16/1898 - Desanka Maksimović - Serbian poet and academic (d. 1993)
- 05/16/1819 - Johann Voldemar Jannsen - Estonian journalist and poet (d. 1890)
- 05/16/1788 - Friedrich Rückert - German poet and translator (d. 1866)
Deaths on this day in history
- 05/16/1989 - Leila Kasra - Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1939)
- 05/16/1890 - Mihkel Veske - Estonian poet