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Quotes – Anatole France

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Ron

Anatole France (1844-1924) Novelist, Essayist, Nobel Laureate: “People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.” “To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.” “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Ron

Today in History (January 11th): 1757: Birthdays: American statesman Alexander Hamilton, first secretary of the U.S. Treasury. 1785: The Continental Congress convened in New York City. 1787: William Herschel discovered two moons of Uranus. They are named Titania and Oberon. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Ron

Today in History (January 10th): 0049 B.C.: Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon, beginning the Roman civil war. 1776: Common Sense by political philosopher Thomas Paine was published. The pamphlet advocated American independence from England. 1861: Florida seceded from the United … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Ron

Today in History (January 9th): 1768: The first modern circus was staged in London. 1788: Connecticut became the fifth U.S. state. 1859: Birthdays: Women’s suffrage and peace movement leader Carrie Chapman Catt. 1861: Mississippi seceded from the Union. 1878: Birthdays: … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Ron

Today in History (January 8th): 1786: Birthdays: Financier Nicholas Biddle. 1790: U.S. President George Washington gave the first State of the Union address. 1792: Birthdays: Educator and hymn writer Lowell Mason (Nearer My God To Thee). 1815: The forces of … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Ron

Today in History (January 7th): 1610: Galileo, using his primitive telescope, discovered the four major moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. 1789: The first nationwide U.S. presidential election was conducted. Electors chosen by the voters unanimously picked George … Continue reading →

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Quotes January 7th

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Ron

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Ron

Today in History (January 6th): 1745: Birthdays: Frenchman Jacques Montgolfier, who, with his brother, invented the hot air balloon. 1759: George Washington married widow Martha Dandridge Custis. 1822: Birthdays: German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the ruins of ancient Troy. … Continue reading →

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Quotes January 6th

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Ron

“I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life, than on the nature of those events themselves.” – Baron Alexander von Humboldt, 1769-1859 “The Possible’s slow … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Ron

Today in History (January 5th): 1643: In the first record of a legal divorce in the American colonies, Anne Clarke of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was granted a divorce from her absent and adulterous husband, Denis Clarke. 1855: Birthdays: King … Continue reading →

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