I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It’s nice.
~ J.D. Salinger
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Daily Archives: October 11, 2024
Book Recommendation
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.
~ Eric Hoffer
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Campus Life at
Nanyang Technological University
Campus Life at
Case Western Reserve University
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The wiser nations are, the more public spirit they possess, the more perfect their political constitution, the fewer constitutional laws they have, for these laws are only props, and a building only needs props when it has become out of plumb or when it has been violently shaken by an external force.
~ Joseph de Maistre
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New College of Florida was founded on this day in 1960
The New College of Florida was founded on this day – October 11 – in 1960.
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Campus Life at the
University of California – Riverside
Five American Universities with Interesting Wikipedia Entries
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The English critic Matthew Arnold famously said that the Greeks believed in the holiness of beauty, and the Hebrews believed in the beauty of holiness.
~ David Wolpe via The Atlantic
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