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"‘Is it not in accordance with fundamental principles of your great nation to admit people from all lands who seek asylum on your shores?’ Angell, the head of the American delegation, had admitted that it was. But principles could be cast aside." — Jan 25, 2026 05:07PM
"‘Is it not in accordance with fundamental principles of your great nation to admit people from all lands who seek asylum on your shores?’ Angell, the head of the American delegation, had admitted that it was. But principles could be cast aside." — Jan 25, 2026 05:07PM
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I don't think I've ever written a review of a book after reading only half of it. I was drawn to it a few years ago by an intriguing review, purchased it right away, and have let it sit until deciding to begin my reading year with it.This is an intro ...more "
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"‘Democracy is a kind of religion,’ as [William] James put it, and it will fail if we do not believe in it. Philosophy would never be more than a ‘small force’ compared with habit, self-interest and passion – but ‘a small force, if it never lets up, will accumulate effects more considerable than those of much greater forces if these work inconsistently.’" — Jan 28, 2026 05:48AM
"‘Democracy is a kind of religion,’ as [William] James put it, and it will fail if we do not believe in it. Philosophy would never be more than a ‘small force’ compared with habit, self-interest and passion – but ‘a small force, if it never lets up, will accumulate effects more considerable than those of much greater forces if these work inconsistently.’" — Jan 28, 2026 05:48AM
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Carl von Ossietzky wrote for and edited Die Weltbühne, the most prominent left-wing political and cultural periodical opposed to the Nazis. He was prosecuted by pre-Nazi, right-leaning governments for publishing public records about the illegal build
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“Youth is very
Cruel to an old face,
He said in a hushed voice.
It looks into its lines for wisdom
So touchingly
But there is nothing there to find.”
― Gilgamesh
Cruel to an old face,
He said in a hushed voice.
It looks into its lines for wisdom
So touchingly
But there is nothing there to find.”
― Gilgamesh
“Do you think if ignorance was catching that I’d be a carrier?”
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“But since after all it is the laws that create reality, and not the other way around—and since whoever wields power creates the laws—it was simply a matter of preserving authority.”
― A House in the Country
― A House in the Country
“Evil is a sickness. If you treat it, you can cure it. There is no sickness that you cannot cure. If you think there is one, it is through ignorance; never make ignorance your permanent abode.”
― Me grandad 'ad an elephant : three stories of Muslim life in south India
― Me grandad 'ad an elephant : three stories of Muslim life in south India
“For success in the life imposed on him he needed, as afterwards appeared, the facile use of only four tools: Mathematics, French, German, and Spanish. With these, he could master in a very short time any special branch of inquiry, and feel at home in any society.”
― The Education of Henry Adams
― The Education of Henry Adams
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