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Tag Archives: Edward Gibbon
Thoughts in these Increasing Militaristic Times
“As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.” — Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward Gibbon, freedom, George Orwell, politics, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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So ends another weekend. We (stardances and I) were hoping to have a quiet weekend to ourselves, just cleaning and organizing and having a very quiet, uneventful time of it. But the lives of teenagers are SO uncertain – it … Continue reading
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Tagged books, computers, Edward Gibbon, ee cummings, Henry Miller, Lady Charlotte Guest, Lewis Turco, Ralph Waldo Emerson, reading
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