including those who wrote the Bible, observe that history repeats itself. We awake today as witnesses to this truth. For whatever concern people have about the future, there is this assurance from history: Things will work out somehow. They always have, even if not in the most expedient or...
After all, LM Montgomery, an excellent writer who clearly had an eye for the beauty of the natural world, had an unhappy life; would we say her passion for the wholesome and lovely doesn’t count because she was depressed? (Montgomery, you argue, should not be made a point of in an ...
Here isa post I wroteduring my own year abroad about the history of the American Girls Art Club in Paris, which includes some of my own photos to accompany the book. I’m posting a few more below. They may not be the best quality, but hey, I was there and it was cool. You get ...
Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1801 to Joseph Priestley (ME 10:229): "We can no longer say there is nothing new under the sun. For this whole chapter in the history of man is new. The great extent of our republic is new. Its ...
For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart andWITH MANY TEARS, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you. (2 Cor. 2:4) For, as I have often told you before and now say againEVEN WITH TEARS,many live asenemies of the crossof Christ....
“We can’t play it on stage for laughing now, but when I first wrote it, it brought tears to my eyes. It’s meant to be extremely serious and plaintive; but words fail so miserably to represent emotions unless you skirt around the outside, and I didn’t do it enough there. You ...
"Roywill be my last album,"wrote Fiasco with no further explanation. "LUPend." With the end of his rap career seemingly in sight, Lupe remained quiet throughout all of 2016, without delivering any of the three projects he had previously promised. Then, in December of that year, the reno...
B.Selfish and greedy. C.Hardworking and strict. D.Easy-going and optimistic. 24.The author wrote the text in order toB. A.make our children enjoy life B.share a moving story with us C.provide us with tips on work D.help us to deal with our boss. ...
"If you aren’t willing to hold a stock for 10 years, don’t even think about holding it for 10 minutes," wrote Buffett in 1996 in a letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. Another famous quote, part of a 2008 opinion piece in theNew York Times, is, "A simple rule dictates my ...
In a scathing 2005 letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Markopolos wrote, "Madoff Securities is the world's largest Ponzi Scheme. In this case, there is no SEC reward payment due to the whistle-blower so basically I'm turning this case in because it's the right thin...