History, Art, Humanity and Literature

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The toughest lesson life teaches is the difference between who you wanted to be and who you actually are. And it can take a whole life to teach it…

…. I know now that roads choose us and what they unfold before us is not the person we want to be, but the person we already are, the person time slowly discloses to us.

—Richard Holloway; “Leaving Alexandria” p.10 -11 (via stillcuriosity)

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Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart… Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.

—  Carl Jung (via julesofnature)

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fuckyeahhistorycrushes: This looker right here is Judah P. Benjamin, second Jewish senator in American history, first Jew appointed to a Cabinet position, and first Jew to be considered for a U.S. Supreme Court position. He lived from 1811 to 1884 and was personally appointed by Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Aside from the fact he was on the losing side of the US Civil War, he was born in England and returned there after the war.  But wowowow what a hottie. Hottie? Nah, I don’t think so.

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

This looker right here is Judah P. Benjamin, second Jewish senator in American history, first Jew appointed to a Cabinet position, and first Jew to be considered for a U.S. Supreme Court position. He lived from 1811 to 1884 and was personally appointed by Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Aside from the fact he was on the losing side of the US Civil War, he was born in England and returned there after the war. 

But wowowow what a hottie.

Hottie? Nah, I don’t think so.

nprfreshair:

As part of our tribute to The Office today, we excerpt an interview with Rainn Wilson who has played Dwight Schrute on the show for the past nine years. In the excerpt we play a clip of a scene from the “Take Your Daughter to Work Day” episode in which Dwight is reading to kids from the 1845 German children’s book Der Struwwelpeter, a book known for it’s appalling stories about what happens to bad children who don’t behave.   It was written by Dr. Heinrich Hoffman, a Frankfurt physician, as a Christmas present for his three year old son. 

 

Above, an animation from the Struwwelpeter story “The Story of Little Suck-A-Thumb.”  WARNING - It’s pretty gruesome.  Even though it’s based on a story from a children’s book, you may not find it fit for children.  Interested?

 

Incidentally, “Take Your Daughter to Work Day” was written by Mindy Kaling and Greg Daniels, an interview with whom we also excerpt today.