“Symbolized,” I say, “by the umbrella that Neville Chamberlain carried back from Munich, after Chamberlain claimed to have brought ‘peace for our time’ by letting Hitler swallow up half of Czechoslovakia, giving Hitler the impetus to launch World War II. The umbrella became the symbol of ...
not a virtue’…..It is a necessary condition of his work, but not his essential function.It is precisely for matters of this kind that the historian is entitled to rely on what have been called the‘auxiliary
Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child’s coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself. —Louis L'Amour 75 C...
be arrested, imprisoned or deprived of their freedom unless they are convicted according to the law of the land; merchants should be allowed to move about freely; there should be the same weights and measures throughout the country; traditional rights and privileges should be given to the towns...
we didn’t even have time to take blood pressure. We would give them a little hot whist toddy; that’s about all we have time to do. They would have terrific nosebleeds with it Sometimes, the blood would just shoot across the room. You had to get out of the way or someone’s nos...
Today was pretty much a win. I did not have any urgent work to do, and because it rained all damn day I did not feel obligated to work on our new deck. I almost worked on it tonight, but F that I wanted to watch the Red Sox, give Mom and Dad a call, and hang out for a ...