The over-bearing insolence of ignorant men, who had arisen to sudden wealth by successful gambling, made men of true gentility of mind and manners blush that gold should have power to raise the unworthy in the scale of society.
~ Charles MacKay
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Daily Archives: July 14, 2024
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I think one of the best ways to face this problem of self-centeredness is to discover some cause and some purpose, some loyalty outside of yourself and give yourself to that something. The best way to handle it is not to suppress the ego but to extend the ego into objectively meaningful channels.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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In 1970, when the golden age of the American middle class was nearing its peak and inequality was at its nadir, only about half of Americans ages 25 and older had a high-school diploma or the equivalent. Today, 90 percent do. Meanwhile, the proportion of Americans attaining a college degree has more than tripled since 1970. But while the American people have never been more highly educated, only the wealthiest have seen large gains in real wages.
~ Nick Hanauer via The Atlantic
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Learning Object
via Birkbeck UoL
Are there habitable planets in our galaxy?
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Campus Life at the
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
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London owes everything to its press: it owes as much to its press as it does to its being the seat of government and the law.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
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