Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand.… Continue reading They Are Different
Author: William Julius Allen
I must be confident. Civilization will return. Yes, with its warts, civilization will return.
Man Knows Little
Dark Operating Chamber
London : S. Low, Son, and Co., 1858.
Forget The Camera
A tweet from Photography History Forget the camera, forget the lens, forget all of that. With any four-dollar camera you can capture the best picture. - Alberto Korda b. September 14, 1928
Mencken The Wise
As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
English Conveniences
And with regard to English conveniences, they are also an unknown luxury in the United States, where there are only "little houses" five hundred paces from the house whenever possible. That is very disagreeable in winter with the snow, and in summer when summer complaint, diarrhea, is quite a common ailment. Irénée has done an extraordinary… Continue reading English Conveniences
Tocqueville and Descartes
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Book Two, Chapter One America is therefore one of the countries in the world where philosophy is least studied, and where the precepts of Descartes are best applied. I think that in no country in the civilized world is less attention paid to philosophy than in the United States.… Continue reading Tocqueville and Descartes
Russia and America, Tocqueville
Russia and America There are, at the present time, two great nations in the world which seem to tend towards the same end, although they started from different points: I allude to the Russians and the Americans. Both of them have grown up unnoticed; and whilst the attention of mankind was directed elsewhere, they have… Continue reading Russia and America, Tocqueville
Charles Darwin On Earthworms (Conclusion From His Last Published Book)
It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly organized creatures.
Waiting For Charlemagne 