Poem of the day
Morality
by Matthew Arnold
We cannot kindle when we will
The fire which in the heart resides;
The spirit bloweth and is still,
In mystery our soul abides.
But tasks in hours of insight will'd
Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'd.
With aching hands and bleeding feet
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The attempt and not the deed Confounds us.
William Shakespeare
Comments about poets
sarah (blue checkmark): in my experience growing up in south eugene is just being taught to fear the ocean and knowing an annoying amount about the history of track and field for someone who doesn’t run
MARCOME: Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
- Samuel Johnson
Dave Zangaro: That was close but Jamar Johnson wins. We are three picks into this mock. Here’s what we have so far.
12. DeVonta Smith, WR, Alabama
37. Asante Samuel Jr., CB, Florida State
70. Jamar Johnson, S, Indiana
Still in the third round at No. 84. Here are four more options:
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Go DJ: Few of my Draft hopefuls: S - Richie Grant, Andre Cisco, Jamar Johnson, Talanoa Hafanga, Jevon Holland
CB - Melifonwu, Trill Williams, Tay Gowan, Samuel Jr, Horn
DL - McNeil, Milton Williams, Jaylen Twyman, Marvin Wilson
I’m Todd - Seth Williams is my guy.: ZERO WR under 6'0 WR drafted in rounds 1 and 2 since 2015 have had a top 24 WR season.
Expand to all rounds and there have been just 3 since 2015:
Diontae Johnson - R3 - 2019
Tyler Lockett - R3 - 2015
Tyreek Hill - R5 - 2016
-PPR- yes, Curtis Samuel came close. yes, 2014 had 3.
Rick London Ⓥ: "Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance." Samuel Johnson
TMcNeil: There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. ~Samuel Johnson
Spirit Ebooks & Bargain Book Deals: Writers Inspirational Quotes
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
- Samuel Johnson
NFL Player Alumni: Washington Football Team Mock Draft:
19) Samuel Cosmi, OT
51) Nick Bolton, LB
74) Jamar Johnson, S
82) Elijah Molden, CB
124) Anthony Schwartz, WR
163) Javian Hawkins, RB
244) Cole Van Lanen, OT
246) Carson Green, OL
Cerebral Wisdom: I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. - Dr. Samuel Johnson
Oklahoma City News: Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. -Samuel Johnson
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Matteo: "Memory is the mother of all wisdom."
-Samuel Johnson
Spirit Ebooks & Bargain Book Deals: Writers Inspirational Quotes
When an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we rate them by his best.
- Samuel Johnson
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Births on this day in history
- 04/21/1927 - Ahmed Arif - Turkish poet and author (d. 1991)
- 04/21/1816 - Charlotte Brontë - Cornish-English novelist and poet (d. 1855)
Deaths on this day in history
- 04/21/2012 - Charles Higham - English-American author and poet (b. 1931)
- 04/21/1986 - Salah Jahin - Egyptian poet
- 04/21/1980 - Sohrab Sepehri - Iranian poet and painter (b. 1928)
- 04/21/1938 - Muhammad Iqbal - Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
- 04/21/1930 - Robert Bridges - English poet and author (b. 1844)
- 04/21/1740 - Thomas Tickell - English poet and author (b. 1685)
- 04/21/1699 - Jean Racine - French playwright and poet (b. 1639)